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Axea species

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

Axea species. Locality: Arabuko-Sokoke, Kenya.

Distribution

Kenya.

Biology

Host: unknown.

References

Yoder, M.J., A.A. Valerio, L. Masner & N.F. Johnson. 2009. Identity and synonymy of Dicroscelio Kieffer and description of Axea, a new genus from tropical Africa and Asia (Hymenoptera: Platygastroidea, Platygastridae). Zootaxa 2003: 1-45.

Credits

Photographs © Robert Copeland (ICIPE).

Map illustration © Simon van Noort (Iziko Museums of South Africa).

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