Asparagobius braunsi Mayr

Asparagobius braunsi Mayr, 1905.









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




Photographs © Sally Adam (https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/54615403)


Host Asparagus divaricatus. Photographs © Graham Grieve (https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/10959290, and https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/70816950)
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/11213135	https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/12539452
Host Asparagus striatus. Photographs © Nicole van Berkel.
Host Asparagus striatus. Photograph © Sandra Falanga. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/50974847	Host Asparagus striatus. Photograph © Wendy Wiles. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/11204361


Host Asparagus striatus. Photographs © Tony Rebelo (https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/13388631)

Host Asparagus striatus. Photographs © Sally Adam (https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/30950934)

Distribution	South Africa.
Biology	Phytophagous gall former on Asparagus striatus and Asparagus divaricatus.
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), or © Sally Adam, or © Graham Grieve, or © Sandra Falanga, or © Wendy Wiles, or © Tony Rebelo. Map Illustration © Simon van Noort (Iziko Museums of South Africa).