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Signiphora species

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

Signiphora species, 1913. Specimen in Iziko South African Museum, Cape Town (SAMC).

Antennae with 3 anelli.

Protibial spur with comb.

Collected by S.G. Compton.

 

Distribution

South Africa.

Biology

Host unknown.

References

Woolley, J.B. 1997. Signiphoridae. In: Gibson, G.A.P., Huber, J.T. & Woolley, J.B. (Eds.), Annotated Keys to the Genera of Nearctic Chalcidoidea (Hymenoptera). NRC Research Press, Ottawa, pp. 693–699.
Woolley J.B., Dal Molin, A. 2017. Taxonomic revision of the flavopalliata species group of Signiphora (Hymenoptera: Signiphoridae). Zootaxa 4315: 1-150. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4315.1.1

Credits

Photographs and map illustration © 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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