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Ceramius lichtensteinii (Klug)

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

Gnatho lichtensteinii Klug, 1810. Holotype:  Type Locality:

Ceramius macrocephalus de Saussure, 1854.

Ceramius rufomaculatus Cameron, 1906.

Ceramius lichtensteini at nest entranced turret, photo Harold Gess  

Distribution

South Africa.

Biology

  

Reference

F. W. Gess, 1965. Contribution to the knowledge of the South African species of the genus Ceramius Latreille (Hymenoptera: Masaridae). Ann. S. Arf. Mus., 48:219-231.

Credits

Photographs © Harold Gess.

 

Web author Simon van Noort (Iziko South African Museum)

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