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Cerocephalidae

Classification and checklist of Afrotropical cerocephalid wasps

(Life: Kingdom: Metazoa (animals); Phylum: Arthropoda; Class: Hexapoda; Order: Hymenoptera; Superfamily: Chalcidoidea; Family: Cerocephalidae)

  • Family CerocephaliDae

      • Cerocephala eccoptogastri Masi, 1921 (Congo, Israel, Italy, Libya)

      • Cerocephala oblonga Delucchi, 1956 (Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo)

      • Cerocephala petiolata Hedqvist, 1969 (Democratic Republic of Congo)

      • Cerocephala rotunda Delucchi, 1956 (Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo)

    • Genus Milokoa Mitroiu, 2024
    • Genus Neocalosoter Girault & Dodd, 1915
      • Neocalosoter ferrugineus (Hedqvist, 1969) (South Africa)

      • Neocalosoter turneri (Hedqvist, 1969) (South Africa)

    • Genus Neosciatheras

      • Neosciatheras laticeps Masi, 1917

    • Genus Paracerocephala Hedqvist, 1969

      • Paracerocephala hirta Hedqvist, 1969 (Democratic Republic of Congo)

    • Genus Sciatherellus

      • Sciatherellus orycinus Masi, 1917

    • Genus Theocolax Westwood 1832

      • Theocolax elegans (Westwood, 1874) (worldwide)

      • Theocolax oblonga (Delucchi, 1956)

References

Bouček, Z. 1988. Australasian Chalcidoidea, a biosystematic revision of genera of fourteen families, with a reclassification of species. CAB International, Wallingford, UK. 832 pp.

Burks R, Mitroiu M-D, Fusu L, Heraty JM, Janšta P, Heydon S, Papilloud ND-S, Peters RS, Tselikh EV, Woolley JB, van Noort S, Baur H, Cruaud A, Darling C, Haas M, Hanson P, Krogmann L, Rasplus J-Y. 2022. From hell’s heart I stab at thee! A determined approach to rendering Pteromalidae (Hymenoptera) monophyletic. Journal of Hymenoptera Research 94:13-88. https://doi.org/10.3897/jhr.94.94263

Desjardins, C.A. 2007. Phylogenetics and classification of the world genera of Diparinae (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae. Zootaxa 1647: 1–88.

Gibson G.A.P. 1993. Superfamilies Mymarommatoidea and Chalcidoidea (pp. 570-655). In GOULET, H. & HUBER, J. (eds). Hymenoptera of the World: an identification guide to families. Research Branch, Agriculture Canada, Ottawa, Canada, 668 pp.

Prinsloo, G.L. 1980. An illustrated guide to the families of African Chalcidoidea. Rep. S. Afr., Dept. Agric. Fish. Sci. Bull. No. 395: 1-66.

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


Web author Simon van Noort (Iziko South African Museum)

 

Citation: van Noort, S. 2024. WaspWeb: Hymenoptera of the World. URL: www.waspweb.org (accessed on <day/month/year>).

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