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Distribution |
Burundi, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo,
Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi,
Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia,
Zimbabwe. |
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Biology |
Hosts:
Megachile spinarum Cockerell, 1937 (Gess, 1981),
Serapista
denticulata (Smith, 1854) (Boucek, 1974) (Megachilidae). |
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References |
Bouček, Z. 1974. A revision of the Leucospidae (Hymenoptera:
Chalcidoidea) of the world. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural
History) Entomology Supplement 23: 1-241.
Gadallah N, Soliman A, Abu El-Ghiet, U, Elsheikh,
T, Al Dhafer, H. 2018. The family Leucospidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea)
from the South of Saudi Arabia, with the first report of the genus Micrapion
and description of Leucospis arabica sp. nov.. Journal of Natural
History 52: 2071-2096.
https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2018.1510557.
Gess F.W. 1981. Some aspects of an ethological study of
the aculeate wasps and the bees of
a karroid area in the vicinity of Grahamstown, South Africa. Annals of the
Cape Provincial Museums, Natural History 14 (1): 1-80.
Madl, M. & Schwarz, M. 2012. Catalogue and faunistics of
the family Leucospidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) of the Ethiopian region
excluding Malagasy subregion. Linzer biologische Beiträge 44: 1221-1235. |
Credits
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Photographs ©
Alan Manson (Pietermaritzburg).
Map illustration © Simon van Noort (Iziko Museums of South Africa).
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