HomeWasp classificationExpeditionsLinksFigWebBiodiversity ExplorerPermits

Afrophion species

(Life: Kingdom: Metazoa (animals); Phylum: Arthropoda; Class: Hexapoda; Order: Hymenoptera;  Superfamily: Ichneumonoidea; Family: Ichneumonidae; Subfamily: Ophioninae; Genus: Afrophion)

Afrophion species. Locality: near Cullinan, South Africa.

ClassificationIdentification keys


 
Photographs © Jaunne-Marelize Van Tonder. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/68144096

Distribution

South Africa.

Biology

Host: unknown.

Reference

Gauld, I.D. & Mitchell, P.A. 1978. The taxonomy, distribution and host preferences of African parasitic wasps of the subfamily Ophioninae (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae). Commonwealth Institute of Entomology, Slough, England. 287 pp.

Tosquinet, J. 1896. Contributions à la faune entomologique de l'Afrique. Ichneumonides. Mémoires de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 5: 1-430.

Credits

Photographs © Jaunne-Marelize Van Tonder. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/68144096

Map illustration © Simon van Noort (Iziko Museums of South Africa).

 

Next genus: Rhopalophion   


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>).

Copyright 2004-2024 Iziko Museums of South Africa

customisable counter