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Athalia mashonensis Enslin

(Life: Kingdom: Metazoa (animals); Phylum: Arthropoda; Class: Hexapoda; Order: Hymenoptera; Superfamily: Tenthredinoidea; Family: Athaliidae; Genus: Athalia)

Athalia mashonensis Enslin, 1911. Holotype in . Type locality: .

Athalia mellis Benson, 1962. Holotype in the Natural History Museum, London (BMNH). Type locality: Biggersberg, Natal, South Africa. Synonymy by Koch 2003.

Classification

Distribution

South Africa.

Biology

Unknown.

References

Benson R.B. 1962. A revision of the Athaliini (Hymenoptera: Athaliidae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Entomology 11 (7): 335-382.

Enslin, E. 1911. Über Tenthrediniden aus Afrika. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift, Berlin [1911](6): 657-669.
 Koch, F. 2003. A new species of Athalia Leach (Hymenoptera: Symphyta: Athaliidae) from southern Africa, with notes on its phenology. Cimbebasia 18: 19-30.

Koch, F. 2010. Two new species of Athalia Leach, 1817 from southern Africa (Hymenoptera: Symphyta, Athaliidae, Athaliidae). Entomologische Zeitschrift 120 (6): 1-3.

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

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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