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Distribution |
Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo,
Ethiopia, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe. |
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Biology |
Hosts:
Auplopus vitripennis (Smith, 1855) (Weaving 1994, 1995) (Pompilidae);
Lithurgus spiniferus Cameron, 1905 (as Lithurgus capensis
Friese, 1905) (Bouček,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.
Kirby, W.F. 1883. Remarks on the genera of the subfamily
Chalcidinae, with synonymic notes and descriptions of new species of
Leucospidinae and Chalcidinae. Journal of the Linnean Society of London,
Zoology 17 (98): 53-78, pls 3, 4.
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.
Weaving, A.J.S. 1994. Notes on nesting behavour in two
Afrotropical auplopine wasps Auplopus vitripennis Smith and A.
femoralis (Arnold) (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Entomologist 113 (2):
140-153.
Weaving A.J.S. 1995. A comparison of nesting success and nesting habits
in some Afrotropical aculeate wasps, with particular reference to nest parasites
(Hymenoptera: Sphecidae, Eumenidae). Annals of the Cape Provincial Museums
(Natural History) 19 (4): 181-224. |
Credits
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Photographs
© Michael Madl and Martin Schwarz (Naturhistorisches Museum, Vienna).
Map illustration © Simon van Noort (Iziko Museums of South Africa).
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