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Aprostocetus exertus La Salle

Description

Aprostocetus exertus La Salle

Fig. 38

Aprostocetus exertus La Salle: in La Salle, Ramadan and Kumashiro, 2009:

Aprostocetus exertus is being described and illustrated in detail from Tanzania and South Africa in a companion article by La Salle (La Salle et al. 2009). This species is readily distinguished from all the other species of the genus associated with Erythrina galls by its extremely long epipygium and ovipositor (Fig. 38).

Material examined. SOUTH AFRICA. KwaZulu – Natal Province: Pietermaritzburg, University Botanic Gardens, 29°36’S 30°22’E, B. Muller, ex leaf galls on Erythrina latissima (20 females, 20 males; HYMC05766); same data except D.J. Brothers (20 females, 20 males; HYMC05767).

Notes

Published as part of Prinsloo, Rd. L. & Kelly, Ne. A., 2009, The tetrastichine wasps (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Eulophidae) associated with galls on Erythrina species (Fabaceae) in South Africa, with the description of five new species, pp. 27-45 in Zootaxa 2083 (1) on page 44, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2083.1.3, http://zenodo.org/record/5321404

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
HYMC
Material sample ID
HYMC05766, HYMC05767
Scientific name authorship
La Salle
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Hymenoptera
Family
Eulophidae
Genus
Aprostocetus
Species
exertus
Taxon rank
species

References

  • La Salle, J., Ramadan, M. & Kumashiro, B. R. (2009) A new parasitoid of the Erythrina Gall Wasp, Quadrastichus erythrinae Kim (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae). Zootaxa, 2083, 19 - 26.