![Lonchidia_clavicornis_MZLU_habitus_dorsal](../../../../Cynipoidea/Figitidae/Figitinae/Lonchidia/images/Lonchidia_clavicornis_MZLU_habitus_dorsal_330.jpg) |
![Lonchidia_clavicornis_MZLU_habitus_lateral](../../../../Cynipoidea/Figitidae/Figitinae/Lonchidia/images/Lonchidia_clavicornis_MZLU_habitus_lateral_2_330.jpg) |
![Lonchidia_clavicornis_MZLU_body_dorsal](../../../../Cynipoidea/Figitidae/Figitinae/Lonchidia/images/Lonchidia_clavicornis_MZLU_body_dorsal_330.jpg) |
![Lonchidia_clavicornis_MZLU_body_lateral](../../../../Cynipoidea/Figitidae/Figitinae/Lonchidia/images/Lonchidia_clavicornis_MZLU_body_lateral_330.jpg) |
![Lonchidia_clavicornis_MZLU_head_mesosoma_dorsal](../../../../Cynipoidea/Figitidae/Figitinae/Lonchidia/images/Lonchidia_clavicornis_MZLU_head_mesosoma_dorsal_330.jpg) |
![Lonchidia_clavicornis_MZLU_head_mesosoma_lateral](../../../../Cynipoidea/Figitidae/Figitinae/Lonchidia/images/Lonchidia_clavicornis_MZLU_head_mesosoma_lateral_330.jpg) |
![Lonchidia_clavicornis_MZLU_antennae](../../../../Cynipoidea/Figitidae/Figitinae/Lonchidia/images/Lonchidia_clavicornis_MZLU_antennae_330.jpg) |
![Lonchidia_clavicornis_MZLU_head_mesosoma_anterolateral](../../../../Cynipoidea/Figitidae/Figitinae/Lonchidia/images/Lonchidia_clavicornis_MZLU_head_mesosoma_anterolateral_330.jpg) |
![Lonchidia_clavicornis_MZLU_mesopleuron_lateral](../../../../Cynipoidea/Figitidae/Figitinae/Lonchidia/images/Lonchidia_clavicornis_MZLU_mesopleuron_lateral_330.jpg) |
![Lonchidia_clavicornis_MZLU_mesosoma_dorsal](../../../../Cynipoidea/Figitidae/Figitinae/Lonchidia/images/Lonchidia_clavicornis_MZLU_mesosoma_dorsal_330.jpg) |
![Lonchidia_clavicornis_MZLU_scutellum_dorsal](../../../../Cynipoidea/Figitidae/Figitinae/Lonchidia/images/Lonchidia_clavicornis_MZLU_scutellum_dorsal_330.jpg) |
![Lonchidia_clavicornis_MZLU_wings](../../../../Cynipoidea/Figitidae/Figitinae/Lonchidia/images/Lonchidia_clavicornis_MZLU_wings_330.jpg) |
![Lonchidia_clavicornis_MZLU_labels](../../../../Cynipoidea/Figitidae/Figitinae/Lonchidia/images/Lonchidia_clavicornis_MZLU_labels_330.jpg) |
Imaged with Entovision system 2013 |
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![Lonchidia_clavicornis_MZLU_habitus_lateral_LAS](../../../../Cynipoidea/Figitidae/Figitinae/Lonchidia/images/Lonchidia_clavicornis_MZLU_habitus_lateral_LAS_330.jpg) |
![Lonchidia_clavicornis_MZLU_head_anterior_LAS](../../../../Cynipoidea/Figitidae/Figitinae/Lonchidia/images/Lonchidia_clavicornis_MZLU_head_anterior_LAS_330.jpg) |
![Lonchidia_clavicornis_MZLU_head_mesosoma_lateral_LAS](../../../../Cynipoidea/Figitidae/Figitinae/Lonchidia/images/Lonchidia_clavicornis_MZLU_head_mesosoma_lateral_LAS_330.jpg) |
![Lonchidia_clavicornis_MZLU_habitus_dorsal_2_LAS](../../../../Cynipoidea/Figitidae/Figitinae/Lonchidia/images/Lonchidia_clavicornis_MZLU_habitus_dorsal_2_LAS_330.jpg) |
![Lonchidia_clavicornis_MZLU_antennae_LAS](../../../../Cynipoidea/Figitidae/Figitinae/Lonchidia/images/Lonchidia_clavicornis_MZLU_antennae_LAS_330.jpg) |
![Lonchidia_clavicornis_MZLU_mesosoma_dorsal_LAS](../../../../Cynipoidea/Figitidae/Figitinae/Lonchidia/images/Lonchidia_clavicornis_MZLU_mesosoma_dorsal_LAS_330.jpg) |
![Lonchidia_clavicornis_MZLU_metasoma_lateral_LAS](../../../../Cynipoidea/Figitidae/Figitinae/Lonchidia/images/Lonchidia_clavicornis_MZLU_metasoma_lateral_LAS_330.jpg) |
![Lonchidia_clavicornis_MZLU_wings_LAS](../../../../Cynipoidea/Figitidae/Figitinae/Lonchidia/images/Lonchidia_clavicornis_MZLU_wings_LAS_330.jpg) |
![Lonchidia_clavicornis_MZLU_labels_LAS](../../../../Cynipoidea/Figitidae/Figitinae/Lonchidia/images/Lonchidia_clavicornis_MZLU_labels_LAS_330.jpg) |
Imaged with LAS 4.4 in 2014. |
Distribution |
![](../../../../images/Waspweb map South Africa.jpg)
South Africa. Also in Palaearctic region. |
Biology |
No
host records exist. Hosts are expected to be saprophagous Brachycera
larvae, but these wasps appear less directly associated with decomposing
substrates like dung and carrion than many other figitines. |
References |
van Noort, S, Buffington ML & Forshage, M. 2015.
Afrotropical Cynipoidea (Hymenoptera). ZooKeys 493: 1-176. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.493.6353
van Noort, S, Buffington ML & Forshage, M. 2014.
Review of Afrotropical Figitinae (Figitidae, Cynipoidea, Hymenoptera) with the
first records of Neralsia and Lonchidia for the region.
ZooKeys 453: 37–69.
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.453.8511
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Credits
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Photographs and map illustration © Simon van Noort (Iziko Museums of South Africa)
Matt Buffington (Systematic Entomology Laboratory, USDA/ARS) and Mattias Forshage (Swedish Museum of Natural History) both played an integral role in the development of the Cynipoidea pages.
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Next genus:
Neralsia |
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