Afroserphus bicornis Masner

(Life: Kingdom: Metazoa (animals); Phylum: Arthropoda; Class: Hexapoda; Order: Hymenoptera; Superfamily: Proctotrupoidea; Family: Proctotrupidae; Subfamily: Proctotrupinae; Genus: Afroserphus)

Afroserphus bicornis Masner, 1961. Holotype in: Africa Museum, Tervuren (MRAC). Type locality: Lusinga, Upemba National Park (Democratic Republic of Congo).

Distribution

A rare, but widespread African species: Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, South Africa, Uganda, Zambia.

Biology

Unknown.

References

Johnson, N.F. 1992. Catalog of world Proctotrupoidea excluding Platygastridae. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 51: 1-825.

Kolyada, V. A., & Mostovski M.B. 2007. On a putative Gondwanan relic Afroserphus bicornis Masner (Hymenoptera: Proctotrupidae), with a description of the hitherto unknown female. African Invertebrates 48(2): 261-265.

Masner, L. 1961. Proctotrupidae. Key to the genera of the world (Hymenoptera Proctotrupoidea). Exploration Parc National de l' Upemba Mission G. F. de Witte 1946-1949 60(4): 37-47.

Townes, H. K. & M. Townes. 1981. A revision of the Serphidae (Hymenoptera). Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 32: 1-541.

Credits

All photographs © Simon van Noort (Iziko Museums of Cape Town) except for bottom image, which is © Victor Kolyada (Zoological Museum of Moscow University).

Web author Simon van Noort (Iziko South African Museum)