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Opius species

(Life: Kingdom: Metazoa (animals); Phylum: Arthropoda; Class: Hexapoda; Order: Hymenoptera;  Superfamily: Ichneumonoidea; Family: Braconidae; Subfamily: Opiinae; Genus: Opius)

Opius species.  Specimen: in Iziko South African Museum, Cape Town (SAMC). Locality: Witelsbos, South Africa.

Classification

Biology

Reared from gall on Brachylaena glabra (Malabar tree) Asteraceae. Associated gall contained a dipteran larva.

Distribution

South Africa.

References

Fischer, M. 1987. Hymenoptera: Braconidae (Opiinae III-äthiopische, orientalische, autralische und oceanische Region. Das Tierreich 104, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin, Germany. xv + 734 pp.

Credits

 Photographs and map illustration © Simon van Noort (Iziko Museums of South Africa).

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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