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Leptorussus africanus Benson

(Life: Kingdom: Metazoa (animals); Phylum: Arthropoda; Class: Hexapoda; Order: Hymenoptera; Superfamily: Orussoidea; Family: Orussidae; Genus: Leptorussus)

Leptorussus africanus Benson, 1955. Holotype in Natural History Museum, London (BMNH). Type locality: Bulawayo, Zimbbwe.

 

Classification

Holotype (BMNH)
Leptorussus_africanus_HT_BM1-661_ habitus_lateral Leptorussus_africanus_HT_BM1-661_habitus_dorsal
Leptorussus_africanus_HT_BM1-661_ head_frontal Leptorussus_africanus_HT_BM1-661_ labels
Photographs © Simon van Noort (Iziko Museums of South Africa).

Non-type (NMKE)
 
Photographs © Robert Copeland (ICIPE).

Distribution

Kenya, Mozambique, Zimbabwe.

Biology

Unknown.

Reference

Benson, R.B. 1955. Classification of the Orussidae with some new genera and species (Hymenoptera: Symphyta). Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London 24: 13–23.
Credits

Photographs © Simon van Noort (Iziko Museums of South Africa) or © Robert Copeland (ICIPE).

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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