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Chelonogastra Ashmead

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

Chelonogastra Ashmead, 1900. Type species: Chelonogastra koebelei Ashmead, 1900.

 

Chelonogastra elongatula Brues, 1924

 

Chelonogastra natalensis Brues, 1926

 

Chelonogastra orbiculata Brues, 1924

 

Chelonogastra rotundula Brues, 1924

Distribution

South Africa, Zimbabwe.

Biology

Unknown.

References

Brues, C.T. 1924. Some South African parasitic Hymenoptera of the families Evaniidae, Braconidae, Alysiidae, and Plumariidae in the South African Museum with a catalogue of the known species. Annals of the South African Museum 19:1-150.

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.

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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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