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Afreumenes
aethiopicus aethiopicus (de Saussure)
(Life:
Kingdom: Metazoa (animals);
Phylum: Arthropoda;
Class: Hexapoda; Order:
Hymenoptera; Superfamily:
Vespoidea; Family:
Vespidae; Subfamily: Eumeninae; Genus:
Afreumenes)
Eumenes
melanosoma de Saussure, 1852.
Holotype:
Type Locality: Java.
Eumenes distinctus de Saussure, 1855: 143 (Africa). Synonymy by Carpenter et al., 2009.
Eumenes walkeri Ritsema, 1874: 199 (Democratic Republic of Congo). Synonymy by Carpenter et al., 2009. |
Distribution
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Benin, Burkina
Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo,
Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea Bissau, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Mali,
Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tanzania, Togo,
Uganda, Zambia. |
Biology |
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Reference |
Bequaert J., 1918. A Revision of the Vespidae of the
Belgian Congo Based on the Collection of the American Museum Congo
Expedition, With A List of Ethiopian Diplopterous Wasps. Bulletin A.
M. N. H, Vol. 39: 2-384.
Carpenter, J.M., J.
Gusenleitner, & M. Madl. 2009. A catalogue of the Eumeninae (Hymenoptera:
Vespidae) of the Ethiopian Region excluding Malagasy Subregion. Part I:
Introduction, Key to Genera, Genera Aethiopicodynerus Gusenleitner, 1997
to Cyrtolabulus van der VECHT 1969. Linzer Biologische Beiträge 41
(1): 513-638.
Carpenter, J.M., J.
Gusenleitner, & M. Madl. 2010a. A catalogue of the Eumeninae (Hymenoptera:
Vespidae) of the Ethiopian Region excluding Malagasy Subregion. Part II: Genera Delta de Saussure, 1885 to Zethus Fabricius, 1804 and Species
Incertae Sedis. Linzer Biologische Beiträge 42 (1): 95-315.
Carpenter, J.M., J.
Gusenleitner, & M. Madl. 2010b. A Catalogue of the Eumeninae
(Hymenoptera: Vespidae) of the Ethiopian Region excluding Malagasy Subregion.
Part III: Classification, Additions, Corrections and Index. Linzer Biologische Beiträge 42 (1): 919-1004. |
Credits
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Photographs
© Simon van Noort (Iziko Museums of South Africa).
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