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Odontosphaeropyx Cameron

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

Odontosphaeropyx Cameron, 1910. Type species:

Pachychelonus Brues, 1924. Type species: Pachychelonus fulviventris

ClassificationIdentification keys

Odontosphaeropyx bicoloratus Braet, 2014 (Namibia, Tamzania)

Odontosphaeropyx flavifasciatus (Zettel,1990) (Democratic Republic of Congo, Nigeria)

Odontosphaeropyx fulviventris (Brues,1924) (South Africa, Zambia)

Odontosphaeropyx gracilis Braet, 2012 (Madagascar)

Odontosphaeropyx leucocoxus Braet, 2012 (Madagascar)

 

Odontosphaeropyx maximus (Zettel, 2002) (Kenya)

Odontosphaeropyx mkomaziensis Kittel, 2014 (Tanzania)

Odontosphaeropyx ruficeps Cameron,1910 (South Africa)

Biology

Unknown.

Distribution

Afrotropical region: Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Madagascar, Nigeria, South Africa, Zambia.

References

Braet, Y. 2001. Cladistic revision of the genus Trotricus Brullé, 1846 (Hymenoptera Braconidae) including descriptions of eleven new taxa and new records for other African braconids. Belgian Journal of Entomology 3:143-180.

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.

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

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. 91B:147-196.

Zettel, H. 2002. Pachychelonus maximus sp. n. (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Cheloninae) aus Kenia. Linzer Biologische Beiträge. 34(1): 195-198.

Credits

Photographs by Nadene Smith © Iziko Museums; or © Yves Braet or ©  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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