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Pristocera zela Zamprogno & Azevedo

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

Kathepyris katangensis Benoit, 1982, 96: 186, 190-191, figs 3, 4. Holotype: in Musee Royal l'Afrique Centrale, Tervuren. Type locality: "Zaire: Shaba: Lukafu"

Pristocera zela Zamprogno & Azevedo, 2014. Nomen nova for Pristocera katangensis (Benoit, 1982), pre-occupied by Pristocera katangensis Benoit ,1963, 119: 77-78, figs 132, 133.

Distribution

Democratic Republic of Congo.

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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