Asparagobius bouceki van Noort

Asparagobius bouceki van Noort, 2024.







Asparagobius bouceki galls on Asparagus capensis https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/11143469 Photographs © Tony Rebelo.

Distribution	South Africa.
Biology	Phytophagous gall former on Asparagus capensis, forming smaller, fluffy galls in contrast to the larger, smoother galls of Asparagobius braunsi.
References	Bouček, Z. 1988. Australasian Chalcidoidea (Hymenoptera) – a biosystematic revision of fourteen families, with a reclassification of species. C.A.B. International, Wallingford.. Mayr, G. 1905. Hymenopterologische miszellen. IV. Verhandlungen der Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien. 1905: 529-575. van Noort S, Mitroiu M-D, Burks R, Gibson G, Hanson P, Heraty J, Janšta P, Cruaud A, Rasplus J-Y. 2024. Redefining Ormyridae (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea) with establishment of subfamilies and description of new genera. Systematic Entomology 49: 447–494. https://doi.org/10.1111/syen.12630
Credits	Photographs © Simon van Noort (Iziko Museums of South Africa), unless otherwise indicated. Map Illustration © Simon van Noort (Iziko Museums of South Africa).