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Pristocera gigantea Arle

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

Pristocera gigantea Arle, 1930, 2: 546-547. Holotype: in Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris. Type locality: "Afrique equatoriale: Ogoue, Lambarene"

Taxonomy: Masi 1939, 44; Benoit 1963, 119: 5, 12.

Distribution

Gabon.

Biology

 Unknown.

References

 Arle , M.R. 1930. Un nouveau Pristocera de l'Afrique équatoriale. Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle. Paris. Bulletin. Series 2. 2(5): 546-547.

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

Credits

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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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