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Pristocera vumbua Benoit

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

Pristocera vumbua Benoit, 1963, 119: 37, 79, figs 136, 137. Holotype: in Iziko South African Museum, Cape Town (SAMC). Type locality: Vumba Mountains (Zimbabwe).

Distribution

Zimbabwe.

Biology

 Unknown.
References Benoit, P.L.G.  1963.  Monographie des Bethylidae d'Afrique noire (Hymenoptera) I. Sous-famille Pristocerinae Tribu Dicrogeniini Tribu Pristocerini, Gen. Pristocera Klug.  Ann. Mus. Roy. de l'Afrique Cent., Tervuren, Belgique.  Sci. Zool. Ser. 8 No. 119: 1-95.

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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