Chaenusa anervata van Achterberg, 2012 (South Africa)

Chaenusa seminervata van Achterberg, 2012 (South Africa)

Distribution

Afrotropical Region: (Madagascar; South Africa).

Biology

Aquatic parasitoids of Hydrellia spp. (Diptera: Ephydridae), an aquatic leafminer on Lagarosiphon major (Hydrocharitaceae) (Coetzee et al. 2011; van Achterberg & Prinsloo, 2012).

References

Coetzee, J.A., Bownes, A. & Martin, G.D. 2011. Prospects for the biological control of submerged macrophytes in South Africa. In: Moran, V.C., Hoffmann, J.N. & Hill, M.P. (Eds) Biological Control of Invasive Alien Plants in South Africa (1992–2010). 469–487. African Entomology (Special Issue) 19(2).

van Achterberg, C. & Prinsloo, G.L. 2012. Braconidae (Hymenoptera: Opiinae, Alysiinae) reared from aquatic leaf-mining Diptera on Lagarosiphon major (Hydrocharitaceae) in South Africa. African Entomology 20: 124–133.

Credits

Photographs © Simon van Noort (Iziko Museums).