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Masarina peliostomi Gess

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

Masarina peliostomi Gess, 1997. Holotype: In Albany Museum, Grahams Town, South Africa. Type Locality: Koeroegabvlakte, Richtersveld National Park, Namaqualand, South Africa.

A pollen wasp Masarina peliostomi visiting a Peliostomum flower, photo Robert Gess  

Distribution

South Africa.

Biology

 

Reference

F. W. Gess, 1997. Contribution to the knowledge of Ceramius Latreille, Celonites Latreille, Jugurtia Saussure and Masarina Richards (Hymenoptera: Masaridae) in South Africa. J. HYM. RES., Vol 6: 36-74.

Credits

Photographs © Robert Gess.

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