Epirhyssa shaka Rousse & van Noort

(Life: Kingdom: Metazoa (animals); Phylum: Arthropoda; Class: Hexapoda; Order: Hymenoptera; Superfamily: Ichneumonoidea; Family: Ichneumonidae; Subfamily: Rhyssinae; Genus Epirhyssa)

Epirhyssa shaka Rousse & van Noort, 2014. Holotype: in KwaZulu-Natal Museum, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa (NMSA). Type locality: Umlalazi Nat. Res, 1.5 km E Mtunzini [28°57’S 31°45’E], South Africa.

Distribution

South Africa.

Biology

Host: unknown.

References

Hopkins T, Roininen H, van Noort S, Broad GR, Kaunisto K, Sääksjärvi IE. 2019. Extensive sampling and thorough taxonomic assessment of Afrotropical Rhyssinae (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) reveals two new species and demonstrates the limitations of previous sampling efforts. ZooKeys 878: 33-71. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.878.37845

http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2014.91

Credits

Photographs by Pascal Rousse © (Iziko Museums of South Africa).

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

Next genus: Megarhyssa

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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