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Minanga species 2

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

Minanga species 2. Locality Cathedral Peak, Didima Camp (1390-1420 m), Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa.

Classification

Photographs © Alan Manson (https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/105023268)

Biology

Observed ovipositing into a caterpillar (Lepidoptera) in these photos.

Distribution

South Africa.

References

Brues, C.T. 1926. Studies on Ethiopian Braconidae with a catalogue of the African species. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. 61:206-436.

Cameron, P. 1906. Descriptions of new species of parasitic Hymenoptera chiefly in the collection of the South African Museum, Cape Town. Annals of the South African Museum 5: 17-186.

Cameron, P. 1909. On some African species of Braconinae in the Royal Berlin Zoological Museum. Archiv for Mathematik og Naturvidenskab 30: 1-27. 
Cameron, P. 1910. On some African species of the subfamilies Exothecinae, Aphrastobraconinae, Cheloninae, Doryctinae, Cardiochilinae and Microgasterinae in the Royal Berlin Zoological Museum. Zeitschrift für Naturwissenschaft 81: 433-450.

Cameron, P. 1911. On the parasitic Hymenoptera collected by Mr. A.J.T. Janse, Transvaal. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 2: 173-217.

Shenefelt, R.D. 1970. Braconidae 2. Helconinae, Calyptinae, Mimagathidinae, Triaspinae. Hymenopterorum Catalogus.

Shenefelt, R.D. 1973. Braconidae 6. Cheloninae. Hymenopterorum Catalog, Pars 11: 937-1114.

Tan, J-L., He J-H., Chen, X-X. 2010. The Genus Minanga Cameron (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) in China, With Description of a New Subgenus and Species. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 103: 360-365. https://academic.oup.com/aesa/article/103/3/360/85613

Credits

Photographs © Alan Manson (https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/105023268)

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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