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The Orussidae (Insecta: Hymenoptera) of Africa
- Source :
- Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 2017, 119 (sp1), pp.879-930. ⟨10.4289/0013-8797.119.SpecialIssue.879⟩
- Publication Year :
- 2017
- Publisher :
- Entomological Society of Washington, 2017.
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Abstract
- The African fauna of the rare family of parasitoid wasps, Orussidae, is reviewed. Five genera with 24 valid species are recognized. Chalinus davidi Vilhelmsen n. sp. is described; the male of Chalinus albitibialis Vilhelmsen, 2005, the male of Leptorussus madagascarensis Vilhelmsen, 2007 and the female of Orussus smithi Blank et al., 2006 are described. A neotype is designated for Oryssus plumicornis Guerin-Meneville, [1849] to properly define the genus-group name Chalinus Konow, 1897. Chalinus braunsi (Enslin, 1911), C. orientalis Guiglia, 1937 and C. somalicus Guiglia, 1935 are regarded as new junior synonyms of C. plumicornis. Leptorussus kwazuluensis Vilhelmsen, 2003 is regarded as a new junior synonym of L. africanus Benson, 1955. Distribution records for specimens examined by us are listed. The Afrotropical component of the African orussid fauna shows a high degree of endemism, with two endemic genera and 13 endemic species; only Chalinus timnaensis Kraus, 1998 and Pseudoryssus niehuisorum...
- Subjects :
- 0106 biological sciences
0301 basic medicine
Symphyta
[SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio]
Fauna
Zoology
Hymenoptera
Observatoires Hommes-Milieux
010603 evolutionary biology
01 natural sciences
Parasitoid
03 medical and health sciences
LabEx DRIIHM
Endemism
ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Orussidae
OHMi Tessekere
biology
[SDV.BA]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Animal biology
Species diversity
biology.organism_classification
030104 developmental biology
Geography
Insect Science
Taxonomy (biology)
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 00138797
- Volume :
- 119
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....477b2b28d0491110a222ef37c712708f