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Neanastatus rufatus Ferrière

(Life: Kingdom: Metazoa (animals); Phylum: Arthropoda; Class: Hexapoda; Order: Hymenoptera; Superfamily: Chalcidoidea; Family: Neanastatidae; Genus: Neanstatus)

Neanastatus rufatus Ferrière, 1938.

Classification

Neanastatus_rufatus_female_P025030_habitus_lateral Neanastatus_rufatus_female_P025030_habitus_dorsal
Neanastatus_rufatus_female_P025030_head_mesosoma_lateral Neanastatus_rufatus_female_P025030_head_mesosoma_dorsal
Neanastatus_rufatus_female_P025030_head_frontal Neanastatus_rufatus_female_P025030_wing
Neanastatus_rufatus_female_P025030_host_Scyrotis_gall Neanastatus_rufatus_female_P025030_labels
Distribution South Africa
Biology Reared from Scyrotis (Cecidosidae: Lepidoptera) galls on Rhus (Anacardiaceae) (van Noort et al 2007)

References

Gibson G.A.P. 1993. Superfamilies Mymarommatoidea and Chalcidoidea (pp. 570-655). In GOULET, H. & HUBER, J. (eds). Hymenoptera of the World: an identification guide to families. Research Branch, Agriculture Canada, Ottawa, Canada, 668 pp.

VAN NOORT, S., STONE, G.N., WHITEHEAD, V.B. & NIEVES-ALDREY, J.L. 2007. Biology of Rhoophilus loewi (Hymenoptera: Cynipoidea: Cynipidae), with implications for the evolution of inquilinism in gall wasps. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 90: 153-172

Credits

Photographs © Simon van Noort (Iziko Museums of South Africa)


Web author Simon van Noort (Iziko South African Museum)

 

Citation: van Noort, S. 2024. WaspWeb: Hymenoptera of the World. URL: www.waspweb.org (accessed on <day/month/year>).

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