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Myrmecopterina Bischoff

(Life: Kingdom: Metazoa (animals); Phylum: Arthropoda; Class: Hexapoda; Order: Hymenoptera; Superfamily: Chrysidoidea; Family: Plumariidae)

Myrmecopterina Bischoff, 1914.

Archihymen Enderlein, 1918.

Myrmecopterina filicornis Bischoff, 1914
Myrmecopterina minor Brues, 1924
  Myrmecopterina priscus (Enderlein, 1918)
Myrmecopterina species

Distribution

Arid and semi-arid areas in southern Africa (South Africa to Namibia and Zimbabwe).

Biology

Unknown. Females have been collected under rocks and males are attracted to light.

References

Bischoff H. 1914. Konowiellidae. Eine neue Hymenopteren-Familie. Entomologische Rundschau 31: 61-62.

Brues, C.T. 1924. Some South African parasitic Hymenoptera of the families Evaniidae, Braconidae, Alysiidae, and Plumariidae in the South African Museum with a catalogue of the known species. Annals of the South African Museum 19: 1-150.

Enderlein, G. 1918. Hymenoptera II: Archihymenidae. Beitr. Landf. Süd-Westafrik. 1: 193–199.

Finnamore, A.T. & Brothers, D.J. 1993. Superfamily Chrysidoidea (pp. 130-160). In GOULET, H. & HUBER, J. (eds). Hymenoptera of the World: an identification guide to families. Research Branch, Agriculture Canada, Ottawa, Canada, 668 pp.

Credits

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

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

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