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Megalyridia capensis Hedqvist

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

Megalyridia capensis Hedqvist 1959. Holotype: in Entomological Museum of Lund University.

 
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Distribution

 

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South Africa (Eastern, Northern & Western Cape Provinces).

Biology

Unknown

References

Hedqvist, K.J. 1959. Hymenoptera (Ichneumonoidea) Megalyridae. South African Animal Life 6, 485-490.

van Noort, S. & Shaw, S.R. 2009. Megalyridia capensis (Hymenoptera: Megalyridae: Megalyridiini) a relict species endemic to South Africa. African Natural History 5: 1-8.

Credits

Non-type of Megalyridia capensis in Iziko South African Museum: photographs © Simon van Noort (Iziko Museums).

Web author Simon van Noort (Iziko South African Museum)

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