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Zelomorpha Ashmead

(Life: Kingdom: Metazoa (animals); Phylum: Arthropoda; Class: Hexapoda; Order: Hymenoptera;  Superfamily: Ichneumonoidea; Family: Braconidae; Subfamily: Agathidinae)

Zelomorpha Ashmead,1900. Type species: Zelomorpha arizonensis Ashmead,1900.

Zelomorpha curvinerve (Cameron,1911)

Distribution

Afrotropical and Indo-Australasian regions.

Biology

Parasitoids of Lepidoptera: Lasiocampidae (Euglyphis)

Reference

Ashmead, W.H. 1900. Classification of the Ichneumon flies, or the superfamily Ichneumonoidea. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 23(1206):1-220.
Brues, C.T. 1926. Studies on Ethiopian Braconidae with a catalogue of the African species. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. 61:206-436.
Cameron, P. 1911. On the parasitic Hymenoptera collected by Mr. A.J.T. Janse, Transvaal. Annals of the Transvaal Museum. 2:173-217.
Shenefelt, R.D. 1970. Braconidae 3. Agathidinae. Hymenopterorum Catalogus (nova editio). pars 6. pp.307-428.

Credits

Photographs by Aisha Mayekiso © 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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