Tanaostigmodes tambotis Prinsloo & LaSallei 1995
Creators
Description
Tanaostigmodes tambotis Prinsloo & LaSalleı 1995
(Figure 7(a – f))
Tanaostigmodes tambotis Prinsloo & LaSalle, 1995, 8 – 11. Holotype ♀ SOUTH AFRICA, North West Province, Oskraal, 23 km NW Ga-Rankuwa, 25.30S 27.54E, i.1992, D. LeLagadec, ex galls on stems of Spirostachys africana (SANC).
Additional material. 2F, 2M: NAMIBIA, Tsumeb, Varianto, Elandshoek, 771 – SE 1917 Bc, 07.III.1999, leg. P.A. Basson, ex Spirostachys africana, Tanaostigmodes tambotis Prinsloo & LaSalle 1995, det. S. van Noort 1999, SAM-HYM-P021102 (SAMC). 1M: TANZANIA, Mkomazi Game Reserve, Ibaya Hill, 03.58S 37.47E, 10 December 1995, S. van Noort, Acacia / Combretum bushveld, sweep, SAM-HYM-P0014589 (SAMC).
Distribution. Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania.
Biology. A gregarious phytophagous gall former on Spirostachys africana (Tamboti) (Euphorbiaceae).
Comments. Previously only known from South Africa, we here add Namibia and Tanzania as new country records. This species is likely to be far more widespread through east and southern Africa, conforming with the distribution of the host Tamboti tree. Spirostachys africana extends from Kwazulu-Natal (South Africa) in the south through Swaziland, Mozambique, Botswana, Zimbabwe, and Tanzania to southern Kenya; also present in northern Namibia and southern Angola (Mapaura & Timberlake 2004; Setshogo 2005; Boon 2010; Palgrave 2015; Burrows et al. 2018).
Notes
Files
Files
(1.9 kB)
| Name | Size | Download all |
|---|---|---|
|
md5:8399e2e41b947b8f31c3b753c2036a93
|
1.9 kB | Download |
System files
(19.1 kB)
| Name | Size | Download all |
|---|---|---|
|
md5:d8725bcfc87f43728895cb7b40e8ca30
|
19.1 kB | Download |
Linked records
Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Collection code
- SAMC
- Event date
- 1995-12-10 , 1999-03-07
- Family
- Tanaostigmatidae
- Genus
- Tanaostigmodes
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Material sample ID
- SAM-HYM-P0014589 , SAM-HYM-P021102
- Order
- Hymenoptera
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Scientific name authorship
- Prinsloo & LaSallei
- Species
- tambotis
- Taxon rank
- species
- Type status
- holotype
- Verbatim event date
- 1995-12-10 , 1999-03-07
- Taxonomic concept label
- Tanaostigmodes tambotis Prinsloo, 1995 sec. Noort & Copeland, 2020
References
- Prinsloo GL, LaSalle J. 1995. A new species of tanaostigmatid (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) from South Africa, that forms galls on tamboti. Afr Entomol. 3: 7 - 11.
- Mapaura A, Timberlake J, editors. 2004. A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33. Pretoria and Harare: Sabonet.
- Setshogo MP. 2005. Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Pretoria and Gaborone: Sabonet. Sabonet Report no. 37.
- Boon R. 2010. Pooley ' s trees of Eastern South Africa - a complete guide. Durban: Flora & Fauna Publications Trust. ISBN: 978 - 0 - 620 - 46019 - 4.
- Palgrave KC. 2015. Trees of Southern Africa. Cape Town: Penguin Random House South Africa; p. 1212. ISBN: 9781920572754.
- Burrows JE, Burrows SM, Lotter MC, Schmidt E. 2018. Trees and shrubs, Mozambique. Cape Town: Publishing Print Matters (Pty) Ltd; p. 1124.