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Leptorussus Benson

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

Leptorussus Benson, 1955. Type species: Leptorussus africanus Benson

ClassificationIdentification keys

Leptorussus africanus Benson, 1955
  Leptorussus kwazuluensis Vilhelmsen, 2003

Distribution

Afrotropical region: South Africa, Zimbabwe.

Biology

Unknown.

References

 

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.

Vilhelmsen, L. 2003. Phylogeny and classification of the Orussidae (Insecta: Hymenoptera), a basal parasitic wasp taxon. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 139: 337-418.

Credits

Photographs © Simon van Noort & Natural History Museum, London. Images taken with hand held SLR (Nikon D80), 105 mm macro lens and slave flashes diffused through polystyrene cup.


Web author Simon van Noort (Iziko South African Museum)

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