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Laelius glossinae (Turner & Waterston)

(Life: Kingdom: Metazoa (animals); Phylum: Arthropoda; Class: Hexapoda; Order: Hymenoptera; Superfamily: Chrysidoidea; Family: Bethylidae; Subfamily: Epyrinae;  Genus: Laelius)

Propaelius glossinae Turner & Waterston, 1916, 7: 133-135, figs 1,2. Holotype: in Natural History Museum, London (BMNH). Type locality: Malawi: Monkey Bay, Lake Nyasa.

Junior synonym of Laelius firmipennis (Cameron, 1905). Synonymy by Marques et al., 2023.

Distribution

Malawi.

Biology

 Host: Glossina morsitans. Reared from pupa.

Reference

Marques WJ, Colombo WD, Azevedo CO. 2023. Insights into the systematics of Afrotropical Laelius (Hymenoptera, Bethylidae): combining molecular and morphological data to associate dimorphic species. Zoologischer Anzeiger 306: 90-107. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcz.2023.07.003

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Web author Simon van Noort (Iziko South African Museum)

 

Citation: van Noort, S. 2024. WaspWeb: Hymenoptera of the World. URL: www.waspweb.org (accessed on <day/month/year>).

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