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Arge speciosa (Klug)

(Life: Kingdom: Metazoa (animals); Phylum: Arthropoda; Class: Hexapoda; Order: Hymenoptera; Superfamily: Tenthredinoidea; Family: Argidae; Subfamily: Arginae; Genus: Arge)

Hylotoma speciosa Klug, 1834. Holotype in (MFN). Type locality: Pr. b. sp. [Promontorium Bonae Spei] [Cape of Good Hope], Capland (Western Cape Province, South Africa).

Hylotoma urania Kirby, 1882. Holotype in (BMNH). Type locality: Natal, [KwaZulu-Natal Province], South Africa.

Distribution

South Africa.

Biology

Unknown.

References

Klug, F. 1834. Uebersicht der Tenthredinetae der Sammlung. Jahrbücher der Insectenkunde mit besonderer Rücksicht auf die Sammlung des Königl. Museum in Berlin herausgegeben 1: 223-253.

Koch, F. & Goergen, G. 2010. Eight new species of Arge from South Africa and Namibia (Hymenoptera: Symphyta: Argidae). Lambillionea 110 (1): 19-34.

Koch F, Goergen G & van Noort S. 2015. The sawflies of Namibia and the western parts of South Africa (Symphyta, Hymenoptera). ABC Taxa 15: 1-262.

Pasteels, J. 1953. Prodromes d’une faune des Tenthredinoïdea (Hymenoptera) de l’Afrique noire 1. Argidae. Mémoires de la Société Entomologique de Belgique, Bruxelles 26: 1-128.

Credits

Photographs © Andrew Liston (Senckenberg Deutsches Entomologisches Institut, Müncheberg)


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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