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Pycnostigminae

Pycnostigmine wasps of the world

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

ClassificationIdentification Key

Pycnostigmus Cameron, 1905

Trjapitziniola Kovalev, 1994

Tylosema Kieffer, 1905

Distribution

Afrotropical region: South Africa. Palaearctic region: Algeria, Armenia and United Arab Emirates.

Biology

Unknown

References

Buffington, M.L. & van Noort, S. 2007. A world revision of Pycnostigminae (Cynipoidea: Figitidae) with descriptions of seven new species. Zootaxa 1392: 1-30

Cameron, P. 1905. A new genus and species of Cynipidae from South Africa, representing a new subfamily. Annals and Magazines of Natural History, Series 7, 16,  20-21.

Credits

 

Photographs © Simon van Noort (Iziko Museums) and © Matt Buffington (Systematic Entomology Laboratory, USDA/ARS)

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

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Web author Simon van Noort (Iziko South African Museum)

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