Aganaspis species

Central African Republic.

Host unknown, but likely to attack Tephritidae and other fruit-infesting flies.

References

Guimaraes J, Gallardo F, Díaz NB, Zucchi RA. 2003. Eucoiline species (Hymenoptera: Cynipoidea: Figitidae) parasitoids of fruit-infesting dipterous larvae in Brazil: identity, geographical distribution and host associations. Zootaxa 278: 1–23.

Lin KS. 1987. Aganaspis, a new genus of Eucoilidae (Hymenoptera: Cynipoidea). Taiwan Agricultural Research Institute, special publication 22: 67–79.

Quinlan, J. 1986. A key to the Afrotropical genera of Eucoilidae (Hymenoptera), with a revision of certain genera. Bull. Br. Mus. Nat. Hist. (Entomology) 52, 243–366.

van Noort, S, Buffington ML & Forshage, M. 2015. Afrotropical Cynipoidea (Hymenoptera). ZooKeys 493: 1-176. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.493.6353

Wharton R, Ovruski S, Gilstrap F. 1998. Neotropical Eucoilidae (Cynipoidea) associated with fruit-infesting Tephritidae, with new records from Argentina, Bolivia and Costa Rica. Journal of Hymenoptera Research 7: 102–115.

Credits

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

Matt Buffington (Systematic Entomology Laboratory, USDA/ARS) and Mattias Forshage (Swedish Museum of Natural History) both played an integral role in the development of the Cynipoidea pages.