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Dinapsis centralis 

(Life: Kingdom: Metazoa (animals); Phylum: Arthropoda; Class: Hexapoda; Order: Hymenoptera;  Superfamily: Megalyroidea; Family: Megalyridae; Tribe: Dinapsini; Genus: Dinapsis)

Dinapsis centralis Shaw & van Noort, 2009. Type: lost in post on return from USA to South Africa. Type locality: 38.6km south Lidjombo, Parc National de Dzanga-Ndoki (Central African Republic).

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Distribution

Central African Republic.

Biology

Unknown.

References

 

Hedqvist, K.J. 1967. Notes on Megalyridae (Hym. Ichneumonoidea) and description of new species from Madagascar. Annals Soc. Ent. France 3, 239-246.

Shaw, S.R. & van Noort, S. 2009. A new Dinapsis species from the Central African Republic (Hymenoptera: Megalyridae: Dinapsini). Zootaxa 2118: 30–36.

Waterston, J. 1922. A new family of Hymenoptera from South Africa. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 10, 418-420.

Credits

Photographs © Simon van Noort (Iziko Museums).


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