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Odontosphaeropyx fulviventris (Brues)

 

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

 

Pachychelonus fulviventris  Brues, 1924. Type in: Iziko South African Museum, Cape Town (SAMC). Type locality: Pemba (Zambia).

 

ClassificationIdentification keys

Pachychelonus_fulviventris_SAM-HYM-P002690_habitus_dorsal Pachychelonus_fulviventris_SAM-HYM-P002690_habitus_lateral
Pachychelonus_fulviventris_SAM-HYM-P002690_head_frontal Pachychelonus_fulviventris_SAM-HYM-P002690_head_mesosoma_lateral
Pachychelonus_fulviventris_SAM-HYM-P002690_mandibles imPachychelonus_fulviventris_SAM-HYM-P002690_propodeum_dorsal
Pachychelonus_fulviventris_SAM-HYM-P002690_segments_metasoma_dorsal Pachychelonus_fulviventris_SAM-HYM-P002690_segments_metasoma_lateral
Pachychelonus_fulviventris_SAM-HYM-P002690_fore_trasal_claw Pachychelonus_fulviventris_SAM-HYM-P002690_hind_trasal_claw
Pachychelonus_fulviventris_SAM-HYM-P002690_wing Pachychelonus_fulviventris_SAM-HYM-P002690_labels

Biology

Unknown.

Distribution

South Africa, Zambia.

References

Braet, Y., Rousse, P. & Sharkey, M. 2012. New data on African Cheloninae (Hymenoptera, Braconidae) show a strong biogeographic signal for taxa with spined propodea. Zootaxa 3385: 1–32.

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.

De Saeger, H. 1948. Cardiochilinae et Sigalphinae (Hymenoptea: Apocrita) Fam. Braconidae. Exploration du Parc National Albert. Mission G.F. de Witte. 53:1-272.

Shenefelt, R.D. 1973. Braconidae 6. Cheloninae. Hymenopterorum Catalogus (nova editio). Pars 10. pp.813-936.

Zettel, H. 1990. Eine Revision der Gattungen der Cheloninae (Hymenoptera, Braconidae) mit Beschreibungen neuer Gattungen und Arten. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien. 91:147-196.

Credits

Photographs by Nadene Smith © Iziko Museums.


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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