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Arge cochraneae Koch & Goergen

(Life: Kingdom: Metazoa (animals); Phylum: Arthropoda; Class: Hexapoda; Order: Hymenoptera; Superfamily: Tenthredinoidea; Family: Argidae; Subfamily: Arginae; Genus: Arge)

Arge cochraneae Koch & Goergen, 2010. Holotype in Iziko South African Museum, Cape Town (SAMC). Type locality: Fort Beaufort (South Africa).

Distribution

South Africa.

Biology

Host plant: Geranium sp. (Geraniaceae) (Pasteels, 1953).

References

 Koch, F. & Goergen, G. 2010. Eight new species of Arge from South Africa and Namibia (Hymenoptera: Symphyta: Argidae). Lambillionea 110 (1): 19-34.

Koch F, Goergen G & van Noort S. 2015. The sawflies of Namibia and the western parts of South Africa (Symphyta, Hymenoptera). ABC Taxa 15: 1-262.

Credits

Photographs © Andrew Liston (Senckenberg Deutsches Entomologisches Institut, Müncheberg)

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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