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Afrotremex comatus
Goulet, 2014 (Uganda) |
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Afrotremax
hyalinatus (Mocsáry, 1891)
(Congo, Gabon) |
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Afrotremex opacus
Goulet, 2014
(Democratic Republic of Congo) |
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Afrotremex pallipennis
Goulet, 2014
(Democratic Republic of Congo) |
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Afrotremax
violaceus Pasteels, 1951 (Democratic Republic of Congo) |
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Afrotremex xylophagus
Goulet, 2014 (Cameroon, Ghana) |
Distribution
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Cameroon, Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Gabon,
Ghana,
Uganda. |
Biology
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Afrotremex
xylophagus was reared from Antrocaryon klaineanum Pierre (Anacardiaceae),
a common widespread tree in central Africa (Goulet, 2014). |
References
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Goulet G. 2014.
Revision of the African horntail
genus Afrotremex (Hymenoptera: Siricidae). Zootaxa 3795:
201–254.
http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3795.3.1
Pasteels,
J.
1951.
Sur quelques Tenthrediniodea africains. Bulletin et Annales de
la Société Entomologique de Belgique
87: 195-205.
Schiff, N. M.,
Goulet, H., Smith, D. R., Boudreault, C., Wilson, A. D., and Scheffler,
B. E. 2012.
Siricidae (Hymenoptera: Symphyta: Siricoidea) of the Western Hemisphere.
Canadian Journal of Arthropod Identification 21: 305 pp.
doi: 10.3752/cjai.2012.21
van Noort S & Goulet H. 2015.
New distribution records for the rare genus Afrotremex Pasteels
(Siricidae: Hymenoptera) and provision of interactive Lucid
identification keys to species. Biodiversity Data Journal :
1-11 e7160.
doi: 10.3897/BDJ.3.e7160
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Credits
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Photographs © Henri Goulet (Canadian National
Collection of Insects).
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