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Masarina tylecodoni Gess

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

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

A pollen wasp Masarinia tylecodoni gess collecting nectar from Tylecodon halii, photo Sarah 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 © Sarah Gess.

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