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Bracon species

(Life: Kingdom: Metazoa (animals); Phylum: Arthropoda; Class: Hexapoda; Order: Hymenoptera; Superfamily: Ichneumonoidea; Family: Braconidae; Subfamily: Braconinae; Genus: Bracon)

Bracon species. Specimen in Iziko South African Museum, Cape Town (SAMC). Locality: South Africa.

 

Distribution

South Africa.

Biology

Emerged from borer infested Psoralea affinis wood, Restored Afrotemperate forest.

References

Quicke, D.L.J. 1987. The Old World genera of braconine wasps (Hymenoptera: Braconidae). Journal of Natural History. 21:43-157.

Credits

Photographs and map illustration © 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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