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Odontosphaeropyx mkomaziensis Kittel

 

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

 

Odontosphaeropyx mkomaziensis Kittel, 2014. Type in: Iziko South African Museum (SAMC). Type locality: Mkomazi Game Reserve, Ibaya Camp, 3°58S, 37°48E, (Tanzania).

Holotype female

Odontosphaeropyx_mkomaziensis_Kittel_2014


Biology

Unknown.

Distribution

Namibia, Tanzania.

References

Braet, Y., van Noort, S. & Kittel, R.N. 2014. New species of the ‘rare’ genera Dentigaster Zettel, 1990 and Odontosphaeropyx Cameron, 1910 (Hymenoptera, Braconidae: Cheloninae). Austral Entomology 54: 197-209. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/aen.12112

Credits

Photographs of type specimen © Rebecca Kittel.


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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