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Sapygina lobengulae (Arnold)

(Life: Kingdom: Metazoa (animals); Phylum: Arthropoda; Class: Hexapoda; Order: Hymenoptera; Superfamily: Vespoidea; Family: Sapygidae; Genus: Sapygina)

Sapyga lobengulae Arnold 1929. Holotype in Iziko South African Museum, Cape Town Type locality: Matopos, Zimbabwe

 
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Distribution

 Zimbabwe

Biology

 Entering straws in thatch containing nests of Eriades bicornutus and Osmia unispinosa.

Reference

 Arnold, G. 1929. African species of Sapygidae. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 13: 175-181.

Credits

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