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Ismarus africanus Kim, Copeland & Notton

(Life: Kingdom: Metazoa (animals); Phylum: Arthropoda; Class: Hexapoda; Order: Hymenoptera; Superfamily: Diaprioidea; Family: Ismaridae; Genus: Ismarus)

Ismarus africanus Kim, Copeland & Notton, 2018. Holotype in London (NHMUK). Type locality: Nkoemvon, (Cameroon).

Distribution

Cameroon, Kenya, Malawi, South Africa.

Biology

Host: unknown.

References

Kim C-J, Copeland RS, Notton DG. 2018. The family Ismaridae Thomson (Hymenoptera, Diaprioidea): first record for the Afrotropical region with description of fourteen new species. African Invertebrates 59(2): 127-163. https://doi.org/10.3897/afrinvertebr.59.24403

Credits

Photographs © Chang-Jun Kim (Korea National Arboretum).

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

Web author Simon van Noort (Iziko South African Museum)

 

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