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Arge taitaensis  Koch & Eardley

(Life: Kingdom: Metazoa (animals); Phylum: Arthropoda; Class: Hexapoda; Order: Hymenoptera; Superfamily: Tenthredinoidea; Family: Argidae; Subfamily: Arginae; Genus: Arge)

Arge taitaensis Koch & Eardley, 2011. Holotype in

Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris (MNHN). Type locality: Taita (Kenya).

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Figure (6) antenna; (7) hind tibia with basitarsomere; (8) head, lateral aspect; (9) sawsheath, lateral aspect; (10) sawsheath, dorsal aspect; (11) lancet, lateral aspect; (12) serrulae 10–12.

Distribution

Kenya.

Biology

Unknown.

References

Koch F. & Eardley C. 2011. Revision of the Afrotropical Arge mirabilipes group, with description of two new species and annotations to other Arge species of this region (Hymenoptera: Symphyta: Argidae: Arginae). African Invertebrates 52: 457-470 http://dx.doi.org/10.5733/afin.052.0213

Credits

Photographs & illustrations © Frank Koch (Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin).


Web author Simon van Noort (Iziko South African Museum)

 

Citation: van Noort, S. 2024. WaspWeb: Hymenoptera of the World. URL: www.waspweb.org (accessed on <day/month/year>).

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