Aphaereta hararensis (lat.) Is a species of very small poachers of the genus Aphaereta from the subfamily Alysiinae ( Braconidae ). Endemic of Zimbabwe (near Harare) [1] .
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Description
Small riders are braconids, body length 3.3-3.4 mm, length of the front wing 3.2-3.3 mm. Antennae are 18-19-segmented. The hips of the back pair of legs are 4.6 times longer than their maximum width. The main coloration is brown, scapus, legs and ovipositor are yellow or light brown. Mandibles simple, with 3 denticles, ventral and diagonal keels of mandibles well developed; pterostigmus of fore wing narrow; RS + M in the front wing absent; 2RS shorter than 3RSa; the first subdiscal cell is open [1] .
Systematics
The species was described in 2015 based on materials from Zimbabwe by Swiss entomologist Francisco Javier Peris-Felipo (Francisco Javier Peris-Felipo; Basel , Switzerland ). They belong to the subfamily Alysiinae [1] .
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 Peris-Felipo, Francisco Javier. Review of the genus Aphaereta Förster, 1863 (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Alysiinae) from the Afrotropical region, with description of three new species (Eng.) // Journal of Hymenoptera Research: Journal. - Sofia: Pensoft Publishers, 2015 .-- Vol. 42. - P. 1-20. - ISSN 1314-2607 .
Literature
- Fischer M. Einzelheiten zur taxonomic exotischer Alysiinae der Gattungen Aphaereta Foerster, Asobara Foerster, Coelalysia Cameron und Phaenocarpa Foerster (Hymenoptera, Braconidae) (German) // Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums - 1988. - Vol. 90. - P. 93–130.
- Fischer M. Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Kieferwespen der Welt (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Alysiinae: Alysiini) (German) // Linzer biologische Beiträge: Journal. - 1994. - Vol. 26, Nr. 2 . - P. 763–806.
Links
- Aphaereta at www.eol.org (English) (Retrieved April 12, 2015)