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Dirrhope ocellimacula Liu & Polaszek

(Life: Kingdom: Metazoa (animals); Phylum: Arthropoda; Class: Hexapoda; Order: Hymenoptera;  Superfamily: Ichneumonoidea; Family: Braconidae; Subfamily: Dirrhopinae; Genus: Dirrhope)

Dirrhope ocellimacula Liu & Polaszek, 2025. Holotype in London (NHMUK). Type locality: South Africa, Cape Province, Mossel Bay, RE Turner, V.1921, Brit. Mus 1921-248, det. Dirrhope sp. GEJ Nixon, 1963, No. NHMUK010639399.

Classification

Biology

Host unknown.

Distribution

South Africa.

References

Zheng B, Xian Z, Liu Z, Polaszek A. 2025. Afrotropical Dirrhopinae (Hymenoptera, Braconidae) with description of three new species. ZooKeys 1259: 381-392. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1259.172473 .

Credits

Photographs © TheTrustees of the Natural History Museum,, London.

Web author Simon van Noort (Iziko South African Museum)

 

Citation: van Noort, S. 2026. WaspWeb: Hymenoptera of the World. URL: www.waspweb.org (accessed on <day/month/year>).

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