Biology

Parasitoid of bark beetle larvae of the Coffee Berry borer Hypothenemus hampei (Ferrari, 1867)(Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) (Belokobylskij, 2006; 2020).

Distribution

Cameroon, Congo, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda.

Also introduced to Indonesia; ?Mexico.

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).