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Leucospis reversa Bouček

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

Leucospis reversa Bouček, 1974. Holotype in Tervuren (RMCA). Type locality: Burumbu, Democratic Republic of Congo.

Classification

Distribution

Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Gabon, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia.

Biology

Hosts: Xylocopa sp. (Apidae) (Bouček, 1974); Sceliphron sp. (Sphecidae) (Rasplus 1987).

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.

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.

Rasplus, J.-Y. 1987. Leucospidae récoltés à Lamto (Cote d’Ivoire). Descriptions des mâles de Leucospis reversa Bouček et Neleucospis masculina Bouček. Revue Française d’Entomologie, Nouvelle Série 9 (4): 172-175.

Credits

Photographs © Michael Madl and Martin Schwarz (Naturhistorisches Museum, Vienna).

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


Web author Simon van Noort (Iziko South African Museum)

 

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