Acanthaegilopsis Pujade-Villar, 2013
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/7481E7D2-48F8-0229-29AB-762FDA4A84A8 |
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Acanthaegilopsis Pujade-Villar, 2013 |
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Taxon classification Animalia Hymenoptera Figitidae
Acanthaegilopsis Pujade-Villar, 2013
Remarks.
Recently described genus endemic to the Afrotropical region.
Diagnosis.
Immediately distinguishable from other Afrotropical anacharitines by the presence of a distinct and complete medial longitudinal furrow containing cross-carinae on the mesoscutum. The ventral part of the mesopleuron is coriaceously sculptured, a unique anacharitine character state.
Distribution.
Afrotropical region: Comoros, Madagascar, Uganda, Zimbabwe ( Mata-Casanova and Pujade-Villar 2013; Mata-Casanova et al. 2014), Kenya (here).
Biology.
Unknown.
Species richness.
Acanthaegilopsis hemicoriaceus Mata-Casanova & Pujade-Villar, 2014 (Uganda, Zimbabwe)
Acanthaegilopsis malagasy Pujade-Villar & Mata-Casanova, 2013 (Comoros, Madagascar)
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