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Ceramius socius Turner

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

Ceramius socius Turner, 1935. Holotype: Unknown. Type Locality: Montagu, Western Cape, South Africa.

Ceramius socius collecting water from wet sand at waters edge, photo Sarah 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 © Sarah Gess (Department of Entomology and Arachnology, Makana Biodiversity Centre, Albany Museum, Grahamstown)


Web author Simon van Noort (Iziko South African Museum)

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