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Kleidotoma species |
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Kleidotoma species |
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Kleidotoma africana Kieffer, 1910 (Rwanda)
Kleidotoma arbitra Quinlan, 1986
(South Africa, Uganda, Democratic Republic of Congo, Zimbabwe)
Kleidotoma bifurcata Quinlan, 1986
(Democratic Republic of Congo)
Kleidotoma conica Quinlan, 1986 (Democratic
Republic of Congo)
Kleidotoma distenda Quinlan, 1986 (Nigeria,
South Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo)
Kleidotoma eala Quinlan, 1986 (Democratic
Republic of Congo)
Kleidotoma elongula Quinlan, 1986 (South
Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo, Zimbabwe)
Kleidotoma erebus Quinlan, 1986 (Democratic
Republic of Congo)
Kleidotoma favus Quinlan, 1986 (Cameroon,
Kenya, Nigeria, Uganda, Democratic Republic of Congo, Zimbabwe)
Kleidotoma fimbriata Quinlan, 1986 (Democratic
Republic of Congo) |
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Kleidotoma microscutellaris Dessart (St. Helena) |
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Kleidotoma montana Kieffer, 1910 (Rwanda) Species incertae sedis (Quinlan 1986)
Kleidotoma morsum
Quinlan, 1986 (South
Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo)
Kleidotoma nigrans
Quinlan, 1986 (Democratic
Republic of Congo)
Kleidotoma nitidiuscula
Quinlan, 1986
(Democratic Republic of Congo)
Kleidotoma norma
Quinlan, 1986 (Zimbabwe)
Kleidotoma strigosa
Quinlan, 1986 (Cameroon,
Kenya, Nigeria, Uganda, Democratic Republic of Congo, Zimbabwe)
Kleidotoma ventosus
Quinlan, 1986 (Ethiopia,
South Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo)
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Distribution |
Worldwide. Afrotropical region:
Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Cameroon,
Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Kenya,
Madagascar, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Somalia, South Africa, St
Helena, Uganda, Zimbabwe, Yemen. |
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Biology |
Parasitoids of flies (Drosophilidae,
Sepsidae, Ephydridae) living in concealed and decomposing habitats i.e.
debris, dung, carrion, fruit, fungi, grass, sea-wrack, aquatic plants
etc. |
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References |
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. |
Credits
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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.
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