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Pristocera commune (Turner)

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

Mangesia communis Turner, 1915, 16: 294-295. Type locality: "Mlanje, Nyasaland"

Taxonomy: Benoit 1963 119: 24, 27-28, figs 45, 55. Ecology: Taken at 6, 500 foot elevation.

Distribution

Malawi.

Biology

Unknown.

Reference

Zamprogno, L.N. & Azevedo, C.O. 2014. Phylogeny and reclassification of Pristocera Klug (Hymenoptera: Bethylidae). Insect Systematics & Evolution 45: 1-49.

Credits

Photographs © Simon van Noort (Iziko Museums of South Africa).

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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