Leucospis africana Cameron, 1907
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Leucospis africana Cameron, 1907 View in CoL
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Leucospis africana Cameron, 1907: 204. Lectotype, female (BMNH), designated by Bouček 1974: 104, South Africa (Cape Province), examined (illustrations only).
Remarks.
Bouček (1974) recorded L. africana from several African countries and provided a brief diagnosis of females and described the males. He further recorded its host for the first time. Gadallah at al. (2018) recorded males from Saudi Arabia and provided a detailed diagnosis of males and a key identify it from other species of Saudi Arabia. Here, we figure the lectotype for the first time.
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Serapista denticulata (Smith) ( Hymenoptera , Megachilidae ) ( Bouček 1974); Megachile spinarum Cockerell ( Hymenoptera , Megachilidae ) ( Gess 1981).
Distribution.
Afrotropical: Burundi, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, Eretria, Ethiopia, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rhodesia, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe ( Cameron 1907; Bouček 1974; Noyes 2019); Saudi Arabia (Gadallah at al. 2018).
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Leucospis africana Cameron, 1907
Ahmad, Syed Kamran, Usman, Syeda Uzma, Khan, Farmanur Rahman, Lotfalizadeh, Hossein, Dawah, Hassan A., Rizvi, Parvez Qamar & Anwar, Prince Tarique 2024 |
Leucospis africana
Cameron 1907 |