Afroserphus fisheri Buffington, Copeland & van Noort

(Life: Kingdom: Metazoa (animals); Phylum: Arthropoda; Class: Hexapoda; Order: Hymenoptera; Superfamily: Proctotrupoidea; Family: Proctotrupidae; Subfamily: Proctotrupinae; Genus: Afroserphus)

Afroserphus fisheri Buffington, Copeland & van Noort, 2018. Holotype in California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco (CASC). Type locality: Toliara Auto. Prov., nr. research station, parcel I, dry deciduous forest, 165m, 23°41.19'S 44°35.46'E, Bezaha Mahafaly Special Reserve, Madagascar.

Holotype male (CASC)

Photographs © Matt Buffington (USDA, Washington).

Distribution	Madagascar.
Biology	Unknown.
References	Buffington ML, Copeland RS, van Noort S. 2018. Revision of Afroserphus Masner (Hymenoptera: Proctotrupidae) with the description of two new species. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 120: 687-707. https://doi.org/10.4289/0013-8797.120.4.687 Johnson, N.F. 1992. Catalog of world Proctotrupoidea excluding Platygastridae. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 51: 1-825. Kolyada, V. A., & Mostovski M.B. 2007. On a putative Gondwanan relic Afroserphus bicornis Masner (Hymenoptera: Proctotrupidae), with a description of the hitherto unknown female. African Invertebrates 48(2): 261-265. Masner, L. 1961. Proctotrupidae. Key to the genera of the world (Hymenoptera Proctotrupoidea). Exploration Parc National de l' Upemba Mission G. F. de Witte 1946-1949 60(4): 37-47. Townes, H. K. & M. Townes. 1981. A revision of the Serphidae (Hymenoptera). Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 32: 1-541.
Credits	Photographs © Matt Buffington (USDA, Washington). 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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