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Neoheterospilus africanus Belokobylskij

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

Neoheterospilus africanus Belokobylskij, 2006. Holotype in Munich (ZSSM). Type locality: Groblersdal, South Africa.

Classification

Biology

Unknown, but probably a parasitoid of bark beetle larvae (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) (Belokobylskij, 2020).

Distribution

South Africa.

References

Belokobylskij, S.A. 2006. Neoheterospilus gen. n., a new genus of the tribe Heterospilini (Hymenoptera: Braconidae, Doryctinae) with highly modified ovipositor and a worldwide distribution. Insect Systematics and Evolution, 37, 149–178.
https://doi.org/10.1163/187631206788831119

Belokobylskij, S.A. 2020. Two new species of the genus Neoheterospilus Belokobylskij, 2006 (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Doryctinae) from Yemen. Zootaxa 4853: 591–600. http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4853.4.8.

Credits

Line drawings © Sergey A. Belokobylskij (Museum and Institute of Zoology Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw).

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

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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