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Cratocnema species - has affinities with Kimavu

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

 
ex Macadamia nuts infested with borer larvae of Thaumatotibia batrachopa (Meyrick, 1908) (Tortricidae) in Shifuma Orchard (30.32°E, 23.08°S), Levubu, Limpopo Province (Tshililo Mphephu pers. comm. June 2025).
   
Female SAM-HYM-P104772  
   
Male SAM-HYM-P104773  
 
   
Male SAM-HYM-P104774  

Distribution

South Africa.

Biology

 Reared from Macadamia nuts infested with borer larvae of Thaumatotibia batrachopa (Meyrick, 1908) (Tortricidae) in South Africa.

References

 

Credits

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

Web author Simon van Noort (Iziko South African Museum)

 

Citation: van Noort, S. 2026. WaspWeb: Hymenoptera of the World. URL: www.waspweb.org (accessed on <day/month/year>).

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