(Life: Kingdom: Metazoa (animals); Phylum: Arthropoda; Class: Hexapoda; Order: Hymenoptera)
Very few species of insect live in marine environments. One of these unusual insects is the 1 mm long Echthrodesis lamorali wasp, which is known only from the Cape Peninsula in South Africa.
Photograph © Simon van Noort
Web author Simon van Noort (Iziko South African Museum)
Citation: van Noort, S. 2024. WaspWeb: Hymenoptera of the World. URL: www.waspweb.org (accessed on <day/month/year>).
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