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Orgilus species

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

Orgilus species.

Classification

 

Biology

Solitary endoparasitoid (koinobiont) of Hellula undalis (Crambidae).

Distribution

South Africa.

References

Ashmead, W.H. 1904. Descriptions of new genera and species of Hymenoptera from the Philippine Islands. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 28: 127-158.
Haliday, A.H.. 1833. An essay on the classification of the parasitic Hymenoptera of Britain, which correspond with the Ichneumones minuti of Linnaeus. Entomological Magazine 1(iii): 259-276, 333-350.
Shenefelt, R.D. 1970. Braconidae 2. Helconinae, Calyptinae, Mimagathidinae, Triaspinae. Hymenopterorum Catalogus, Pars 5:177-305.

Szépligeti, G. 1914. Afrikanische Braconiden des Belgischen Naturhistorischen Museums. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 58: 109-118.
Szépligeti, G. 1914. Afrikanische Braconiden des Königl. Zoologischen Museums in Berlin. Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin 7: 153-230.
van Achterberg, C. 1987. Revisionary notes on the subfamily Orgilinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae). Zoologische Verhandelingen 242: 1-111.

Credits

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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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