(Life: Kingdom: Metazoa (animals); Phylum: Arthropoda; Class: Hexapoda; Order: Hymenoptera; Superfamily: Scolioidea; Family: Bradynobaeinidae; Subfamily: Apterogyninae; Genus: Macroocula)

Macroocula madinaensis Soliman, 2020. Holotype in King Saud University Museum of Arthropods, Riyadh  (KSMA). Type Locality: Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Al-Madina, Al-Ula, Abu Kherat Farm (about 320 km North of Al-Madina), 26°16’46”N, 37°57’44.28”E, Alt. 493m.

Holotype male, photographs © Ahmed M. Soliman (King Saud University).

Paratype male, photographs © Ahmed M. Soliman (King Saud University).

Distribution

Saudi Arabia.

Biology

References

Soliman, A. 2020. Further additions to the apterogynine fauna of the genera Gynecaptera Skorikov, 1935 and Macroocula Panfilov, 1954 in Saudi Arabia: new species and a new sex association (Hymenoptera: Bradynobaenidae). Zootaxa 4830(2), 247–272. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4830.2.2

Credits

Photographs © Ahmed M. Soliman (King Saud University).

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

Web author Simon van Noort (Iziko South African Museum)

Citation: van Noort, S. 2026. WaspWeb: Hymenoptera of the World. URL: www.waspweb.org (accessed on <day/month/year>).

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