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Heptascelio Kieffer

(Life: Kingdom: Metazoa (animals); Phylum: Arthropoda; Class: Hexapoda; Order: Hymenoptera; Superfamily: Platygastroidea; Family Scelionidae; Subfamily: Scelioninae)

Heptascelio Kieffer 1916. Type species: Heptascelio lugens Kieffer 1916.

Identification key to femalesIdentification key to males

Afrotropical species:

Heptascelio albipes Masner, van Noort & Johnson, 2008

 

Heptascelio anthonyi Masner & Johnson, 2008

 

Heptascelio aquilinus Masner & Johnson, 2008

 

Heptascelio dispar Masner & Johnson, 2008

Heptascelio lateralis Johnson, van Noort & Masner, 2008

 

Heptascelio noyesi Masner & Johnson, 2008

 

Heptascelio orarius Johnson & Masner, 2008

 

Heptascelio striatosternus Narendran & Ramesh Babu,1996

Heptascelio strigatus Masner, Johnson & van Noort, 2008

 

Heptascelio teres Johnson & Masner, 2008

 

Heptascelio watshami Masner & Johnson, 2008

Distribution

Afrotropical, Oriental

Biology

Host: unknown

Reference

Johnson, N. F., Masner, L., Musetti, L., van Noort, S., Rajmohana K., Darling, D.C., Guidotti, A., Polaszek, A. 2008. Revision of world species of the genus Heptascelio Kieffer (Hymenoptera: Platygastroidea, Platygastridae). Zootaxa 1776: 1-51.

Credits

Photographs © Simon van Noort (Iziko Museums).

 

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