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Spathius species

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

Spathius species. Specimen in SAMC Cape Town.

ClassificationDoryctinae keys

 

Biology

Emerged from borer infested Apodytes dimidiata wood, Climax afrotemperate forest.

Distribution

South Africa.

References

Granger, C. 1949. Braconides de Madagascar. Memoires de l'Institut Scientifique de Madagascar (A) 2: 1-428.

Shenefelt, R.D. & P.M. Marsh 1976. Braconidae 9. Doryctinae. Hymenopterorum Catalogus, Pars 13:1263-1424.

Marsh, P.M. 1965. The Nearctic Doryctinae, 1.A review of the subfamily with a revision of the tribe Hecabolini (Hymenoptera: Braconidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 58:668-699.

Credits

Photographs © 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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