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Pristocera nyssica (Kieffer)

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

Kathepyris nyssica Kieffer, 1907 (1906), 51: 208-281. Holotype in the Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK). Type locality: "Nyassa-See."

Taxonomy: Kieffer 1908, 76: 23 (catalog); Kieffer 1914, 41: 548, fig 191; Turner 1915, 16: 295; Königsmann 1978, 25: 370; Benoit 1982, 96: 186-187.

Distribution

Malawi.

Biology

 Unknown.

Reference

Zamprogno, L.N. & Azevedo, C.O. 2014. Phylogeny and reclassification of Pristocera Klug (Hymenoptera: Bethylidae). Insect Systematics & Evolution 45: 1-49.

Credits

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

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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