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  Quartinia parva Gess

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

Quartinia parva Gess, 2009. Holotype: In Albany Museum, Grahamstown, South Africa. Type Locality: Swakop river mouth, Namibia.

Distribution

Namibia.

Biology

 Floral associations: Galena papulosa  and sesuvium sesuvoides (Aizoaceae) Zygophyllum cylindrifolium and Z. simplex (Zygophyllaceae).

Reference

GESS, F.W. 2009. The genus Quartinia Ed. André, 1884 (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Masarinae) in southern Africa. Part III. New and little known species with incomplete venation. Journal of Hymenoptera Research 18(2): 244 – 281.

Credits

Photographs © Simon van Noort (Iziko Museums).

Web author Simon van Noort (Iziko South African Museum)

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