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Pristaulacus africanus (Brues)

(Life: Kingdom: Metazoa (animals); Phylum: Arthropoda; Class: Hexapoda; Order: Hymenoptera;  Superfamily: Evanioidea; Family: Aulacidae; Genus: Pristaulacus)

Odontaulacus africanus Brues 1924. Holotype: in Iziko South African Museum, Cape Town (SAMC). Type locality: Matroosberg, Western Cape Province.
Holotype female (SAMC)  
Pristaulacus_africanus_SAM-HYM-P002728_habitus_lateral Pristaulacus_africanus_SAM-HYM-P002728_habitus_dorsal
Pristaulacus_africanus_SAM-HYM-P002728_head_frontal Pristaulacus_africanus_SAM-HYM-P002728_head_dorsal
Pristaulacus_africanus_SAM-HYM-P002728_mandibles Pristaulacus_africanus_SAM-HYM-P002728_propodeum_dorsal
Pristaulacus_africanus_SAM-HYM-P002728_head_mesosoma_dorsal Pristaulacus_africanus_SAM-HYM-P002728_head_mesosoma_lateral
Pristaulacus_africanus_SAM-HYM-P002728_segments_metasoma_lateral Pristaulacus_africanus_SAM-HYM-P002728_segments_metasoma_dorsal
Pristaulacus_africanus_SAM-HYM-P002728_wing Pristaulacus_africanus_SAM-HYM-P002728_labels
Female non-type (CNCI)  
Pristaulacus_africanus_mesosoma_dorsal_Turrisi
Pristaulacus_africanus_mesosoma_lateral_Turrisi
Pristaulacus_africanus_metasoma_lateral_Turrisi
Pristaulacus_africanus_wings_Turrisi
Pristaulacus_africanus_head_dorsal_Turrisi

Pristaulacus_africanus_head_lateral_Turrisi

 Pristaulacus_africanus_head_frontal_Turrisi

Pristaulacus_africanus_labels
Female non-type (SAMC)  
Pristaulacus_africanus (Brues) dorsal Pristaulacus_africanus (Brues) lateral
Pristaulacus_africanus (Brues) head Pristaulacus_africanus (Brues) labels

Distribution

 

Aulacus_thoracicus_Distribution

South Africa (Western Cape Province: Kogelberg, Matroosberg, Scarborough).

Biology

Unknown.

References

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

Turrisi G.F. 2006. Revision of the Afrotropical species of Pristaulacus Kieffer 1900 (Hymenoptera: Aulacidae). Insect Systematics & Evolution 37: 27-38.

Credits

Photographs of Holotype (SAMC) © Nadene Smith (Iziko Museums of Cape Town).

Photographs of CNCI non-type © Giuseppe Fabrizio Turrisi (University of Catania).

Photographs of SAMC non-type © Denis Brothers (University of Kwazulu-Natal).

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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