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Dulophanes obscurus Forsius

(Life: Kingdom: Metazoa (animals); Phylum: Arthropoda; Class: Hexapoda; Order: Hymenoptera; Superfamily: Tenthredinoidea; Family: Tenthredinidae; Subfamily: Selandriinae; Genus: Dulophanes)

Dulophanes obscurus Forsius, 1931. Holotype in the Natural History Museum, London (BMNH). Type locality: Van Reenen, Drakensberg, South Africa.

Classification

Holotype BMNH

Distribution

Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa.

Biology

Unknown.

Reference

Forsius R. 1931. Notes on a Collection of Ethiopian Oryssoidea and Tenthredinoidea (Insecta: Hymenoptera). Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 10th series, 8 (43):136.

Credits

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

Photographs of non-type © Andrew D. Liston (Senckenberg Deutsches Entomologisches Institut).

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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