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Quartinia propinqua von Schulthess

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

Quartinia propinqua von Schulthess, 1932. Holotype: In Natural History Museum of London, London. Type Locality: Aus, Namibia.
A pollen wasp Quartinia propinqua visiting flowers of Berkheya schinzii, photo Sarah Gess  

Distribution

Namibia, South Africa.

Biology

  

Reference

Carpenter J. M., 2001. Checklist of Species of the Subfamily Masarinae (Hymenoptera: Vespidae). American Museum Novitates, No 3325: 1-40.

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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