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Quartinia obibensis Gess

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

Quartinia obibensis Gess, 2007. Holotype: in Albany Museum, Grahamstown, South Africa. Type Locality: Obib camp site, Sperrgebiet, Namibia.

Cells of Quartinia obibensis and associated  Apolysis hesseana, photo Sarah Gess  

Distribution

Namibia.

Biology

 

Reference

GESS, F. W. 2007. The Genus Quartinia Ed. André, 1884 (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Masarinae) in Southern Africa. Part I. Descriptions of New Species with Complete Venation. J. Hym. Res., Vol.16: 211 – 233.

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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