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Afrobethylus antankarana Ramos & Azevedo

(Life: Kingdom: Metazoa (animals); Phylum: Arthropoda; Class: Hexapoda; Order: Hymenoptera; Superfamily: Chrysidoidea; Family: Bethylidae; Subfamily: Bethylinae; Genus: Afrobethylus)

Afrobethylus antankarana Ramos & Azevedo, 2016. Holotype in: California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco (CASC). Type locality: Province d'Antsiranana, Ampasindava Forêt d'Ambilanivy, 3.9 Km 181ºS Ambaliha, 13º47'55"S 48º9'42"E, 600 m (Madagascar).

Holotype, ♀. A. Habitus lateral; B. Head, dorsal view; C. Genitalia, lateral view; D. Mesosoma, dorsal view.

Distribution

Madagascar.

Biology

Unknown.

References

Ramos M.S. & Azevedo C.O. 2016. Afrobethylus Ramos & Azevedo, gen. nov., a new remarkable Afrotropical genus of Bethylinae (Hymenoptera: Bethylidae). Zootaxa 4097 (4): 495–510.

Credits

Photographs © Magno S. Ramos & Celso O. Azevedo (Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo).

Map illustration © Simon van Noort (Iziko Museums of South Africa).
 

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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>).

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