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Disepyris
kenyaensis Lim & Azevedo, 2014 |
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Disepyris
guigliae (Benoit, 1952) |
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Disepyris niveus
Lim and Azevedo, 2014 |
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Disepyris
semiruber
(Kieffer, 1911) |
Distribution
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Kenya, Namibia, South Africa,
Yemen,
Zimbabwe.
Also Palaearctic region: Algeria, India, Libya, Mongolia,
Morocco,
United Arab Emirates. |
Biology
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The flat spine-shaped setae on the protarsi
suggest that the species are fossorial and associated with areas where
sandy, friable soils dominate (Azevedo et al. 2018). |
References
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Azevedo CO, van Noort S & Notton DG.
2018.
Rediscovery of Disepyris semiruber (Kieffer) comb. nov. (Hymenoptera:
Bethylidae) in Southern Africa, with first description of its male. Journal
of Natural History 52:23-24, 1537-1549, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2018.1478997
https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2018.1478997
Benoit, P.L.G. 1952. Bethylidae
(Hym.) nord africains nouveaux ou peu connus du Museo Civico di Storia Naturale
di Genova. Doriana, Genoa Mus. Civ. di Storia Nat. "G. Doria." Annali
1(27): 1-7.
Kieffer, J.J. 1905. Description
de nouveaux Proctotrypides exotiques avec une planche et und figure dans le
ltexte. Soc. Scient. de Bruxelles. Ann. 29(2): 95-142.
Kieffer JJ. 1911. Cynipides et
Béthylides de l’Afrique du sud (Hymenopt.). Ann. Soc. Entomol. France.
80: 451–462.
Lim J, Azevedo CO. 2014.
Five new species of Disepyris Kieffer, 1905 (Hymenoptera: Bethylidae),
with emended generic diagnosis. Zootaxa. 3900: 526–540. DOI:
10.11646/zootaxa.3900.4.4.
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Credits
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Photographs
© Simon van Noort (Iziko Museums of South Africa). |
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Next genus:
Epyris |
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