HomeWasp classificationExpeditionsLinksFigWebBiodiversity ExplorerPermits

Aspicerinae

Aspicerine wasps of Africa and Madagascar

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

ClassificationIdentification keys

Anacharoides Cameron, 1904

 

Aspicera

 

Melanips 

  Prosaspicera
Distribution Worldwide
Biology

Parasitoids of larva of Syrphidae (Diptera).

References

Cameron, P. 1904. Descriptions of new genera and species of Hymenoptera from Dunbrody, Cape Colony. Records of the Albany Museum 1: 125-160.

Benoit, P.L.G. 1956. Figitidae - Aspicerinae nouveaux du Congo Belge. Revue Zool. Bot. afr. 53: 195-204.

Quinlan, J. 1979. A revisionary classification of the Cynipoidea (Hymenoptera) of the Ethiopian Zoogeographical Region. Aspicerinae (Figitidae) and Oberthuerellinae (Liopteridae). Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History (Entomology) 39: 85-133.

Ronquist, F. 1999. Phylogeny, classification and evolution of the Cynipoidea. Zoologica Scripta 28:139–164.

Credits

 

Photographs © Simon van Noort (Iziko Museums)

Matt Buffington (Systematic Entomology Laboratory, USDA/ARS) played an integral role in the development of the Cynipoidea pages

  Next subfamily: Charipinae

Web author Simon van Noort (Iziko South African Museum)

Copyright 2004-2011 Iziko Museums of Cape Town

customisable counter