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Khoikhoia anthelion Sharkey

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

Khoikoia anthelion Sharkey, 2009. Holotype in Iziko South African Museum, Cape Town (SAMC). Type locality: 34°16.481’S, 19°01.033’E, 199m, Kogelberg Nature Reserve, South Africa.

ClassificationIdentification keys
Female
Khoikhoia_female_habitus_lateral Khoikhoia_female_habitus_dorsal
Khoikhoia_female_head_dorsal Khoikhoia_female_head_frontal
Khoikhoia_female_head_lateral Khoikhoia_female_mesosoma_lateral
Khoikhoia_female_mesosoma_dorsal Khoikhoia_female_propodeum_fiirst_metasomal_segment
Khoikhoia_female_ovipositor Khoikhoia_female_wing
Khoikhoia_female_data_labels  

Distribution

South Africa (Western Cape).

Biology

Unknown.

References

 

Mason, W.R.M. 1983. A new South African subfamily related to Cardiochilinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae). Contributions of the American Entomological Institute 20:49-62.

Mason, W.R.M. 1984. Two new species of Khoikhoiinae (Hym.: Braconidae). Oriental Insects 18:285-288.

Sharkey, M., van Noort, S., Whitfield, J. 2009. Revision of Khoikhoiinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae). Zookeys 20: 299-348.

Credits

Photographs © Simon van Noort (Iziko Museums of South Africa).

Map illustration © Simon van Noort (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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