HomeWasp classificationExpeditionsLinksFigWebBiodiversity ExplorerPermits
 

Mateucharis glabra Bouček & Watsham

(Life: Kingdom: Metazoa (animals); Phylum: Arthropoda; Class: Hexapoda; Order: Hymenoptera; Superfamily: Chalcidoidea; Family: Eucharitidae; Subfamily: Eucharitinae; Genus: Mateucharis)

Mateucharis glabra Bouček & Watsham, 1982: 156, figs. 1-2. Holotype in Natural History Musuem, London (NHMUK). Type locality: Chishawasha near Harare (=Salisbury), Zimbabwe.

Distribution

Kenya, South Africa (Kwazulu-Natal), Zimbabwe.

Biology

 Eggs laid on leaves of introduced grape Vitis sp., (Vitaceae) and the native Parinari curiratellifooloa (Chrysobalancaceae).

Reference

Bouček, Z. & Watsham, A. 1982. Description of a new eucharitid wasp (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) from southern Africa. Journal of the Entomological Society of South Africa 45: 155-157.

Heraty, J.M. 2002. A revision of the genera of Eucharitidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) of the World. Memoirs of the American Entomological Society 68: 1-359.

Credits

 Photographs © Simon van Noort (Iziko Museums of South Africa).
  Next genus: Mictocharis                   Next species: Mateucharis rugulosa

Web author Simon van Noort (Iziko South African Museum)

 

Citation: van Noort, S. 2025. WaspWeb: Hymenoptera of the World. URL: www.waspweb.org (accessed on <day/month/year>).

Copyright 2004-2025 Iziko Museums of South Africa

customisable counter