HomeWasp classificationExpeditionsLinksFigWebBiodiversity ExplorerPermits

Axea Masner & Johnson

(Life: Kingdom: Metazoa (animals); Phylum: Arthropoda; Class: Hexapoda; Order: Hymenoptera; Superfamily: Platygastroidea; Family Scelionidae; Subfamily: Scelioninae)

Axea Masner & Johnson, 2009. Type species: Axea dorothae Valerio & Yoder, 2009.

Afrotropical species
 

Axea adro Valerio & Yoder 2009

 

Axea atai Valerio & Yoder 2009

 

Axea dorothae Valerio & Yoder 2009

 

Axea eshu Valerio & Yoder 2009

 

Axea fisherhala Valerio & Yoder 2009

 

Axea kalanoro Valerio & Yoder 2009

 

Axea mena Valerio & Yoder 2009

 

Axea mwari Valerio & Yoder 2009

 

Axea nommo Valerio & Yoder 2009

 

Axea talana Valerio & Yoder 2009

 

Axea yasigi Valerio & Yoder 2009

 

Axea yurugu Valerio & Yoder 2009

 

Axea zanahary Valerio & Yoder 2009

Axea species (Kenya)
Indo-Australasian and Oriental species
 

Axea atriceps (Kieffer 1913)

 

Axea kilen Valerio & Yoder 2009

 

Axea yama Valerio & Yoder 2009

Distribution

Old World tropics (excluding Australia).

Biology

Host: unknown.

References

Yoder, M.J., A.A. Valerio, L. Masner & N.F. Johnson. 2009. Identity and synonymy of Dicroscelio Kieffer and description of Axea, a new genus from tropical Africa and Asia (Hymenoptera: Platygastroidea, Platygastridae). Zootaxa 2003: 1-45.

Credits

Photographs © Robert Copeland (ICIPE).

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

  Next genus: Baeus

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>).

Copyright 2004-2024 Iziko Museums of South Africa

customisable counter