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Leptorussus africanus Benson

(Life: Kingdom: Metazoa (animals); Phylum: Arthropoda; Class: Hexapoda; Order: Hymenoptera; Superfamily: Orussoidea; Family: Orussidae; Genus: Leptorussus)

Leptorussus africanus Benson, 1955.

Classification

Leptorussus_africanus_HT_BM1-661_ habitus_lateral Leptorussus_africanus_HT_BM1-661_habitus_dorsal
Leptorussus_africanus_HT_BM1-661_ head_frontal Leptorussus_africanus_HT_BM1-661_ labels

Distribution

Zimbabwe.

Biology

Unknown.

Reference

Benson, R.B. 1955. Classification of the Orussidae with some new genera and species (Hymenoptera: Symphyta). Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London 24: 13–23.

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