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Chalcedectus tankwa van Noort & Mitroiu
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Kingdom: Metazoa (animals);
Phylum: Arthropoda;
Class: Hexapoda;
Order: Hymenoptera; Superfamily: Chalcidoidea; Family: Chalcedectidae; Genus: Chalcedectus)
Chalcedectus tankwa
van Noort & Mitroiu, 2026. Holotype ♀ in Iziko South African Museum, Cape Town (SAMC). Type locality: South Africa, Northern Cape [Province]; Tankwa National Park, Renoster River, 490m, 32°14.704’S 20°05.824’E, 9 Dec 2014–10 Jan 2015, S. van Noort, Malaise trap, Acacia karoo thicket, Tanqua Wash Riviere, Succulent Karoo; TKW14-ACA1-M14; SAM-HYM-P083308. |
Distribution
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Botswana, Kenya, South Africa, United Arab Emirates, Yemen.
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Biology
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Unknown, but probably a parasitoid of wood-boring beetle larva.
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References |
Cameron, P. 1884. Fam. Chalcididae. [continued]
Biologia Centrali-Americana. Insecta. Hymenoptera. (Families
Tenthredinidae-Chrysididae.). 1:129-135.
Gibson, G.A.P. 2003,
Phylogenetics and classification of Cleonyminae (Hymenoptera:
Chalcidoidea: Pteromalidae). Memoirs on Entomology, International
16: 1-339.
van Noort S, Gibson GAP, Ranjith AP, Mitroiu M-D. 2026. Revision of Chalcedectidae (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea) from the Afrotropical, Oriental and Palaearctic regions with description of eleven new species. Zootaxa 5781: 1-106. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5781.1.1 |
Credits
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Photographs and map illustration
© Simon van Noort (Iziko Museums of South Africa), or photographs © Gary Gibson (CNC, Ottawa, Canada).
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