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Aphelopus mediocarinatus

Creators

  • 1. Tropical Entomology Research Center, Viterbo, Via De Gasperi 10, 01100 Italy; e-mail: olmi @ unitus. it & Corresponding author
  • 2. International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE), P. O. Box 30772, Nairobi 00100, Kenya and National Museums of Kenya, Division of Invertebrate Zoology, P. O. Box 40658 Nairobi 00100, Kenya, e-mail: rcopeland @ icipe. org, hunteriazeylanica @ yahoo. com
  • 3. Department of Agriculture, Forests, Nature and Energy, University of Tuscia, Via San Camillo de Lellis, Viterbo, 01100 Italy; e-mail: guglielm @ unitus. it

Description

3. Aphelopus mediocarinatus (Benoit, 1951a)

Material examined. New records. BURUNDI: Bururi National Forest, 3.93022°S 29.61697°E, 1955 m, 19.x–2. xi.2010, Malaise trap, indigenous forest, near stream, R. Copeland leg., 1 ♀ (RSC). KENYA: COAST: Muhaka Forest, 4.32530°S 39.52345°E, 52 m, 27–30.v.2013, six-meter Malaise trap, indigenous forest, R. Copeland leg., 1 J (NMKE); Taita Hills, Mwatate area, 3.48444°S 38.33251°E, 1011 m, 24.viii–7.ix.2011, 1 J (RSC); same locality label, 21.ii–7.iii.2012, 1 ♀ (RSC).

Published records. OLMI & COPELAND (2011): KENYA: WESTERN: Kakamega Forest (00°23.73′N 34°53.165′E).

Distribution. Afrotropical, recorded from almost all sub-saharian countries, from Senegal to Somalia, in addition to Madagascar and Yemen (OLMI & HARTEN 2006, OLMI & COPELAND 2011).

Notes

Published as part of Olmi, Massimo, Copeland, Robert S., Guglielmino, Adalgisa & Icipe, 2015, An updated checklist of Dryinidae, Embolemidae and Sclerogibbidae (Hymenoptera) of Kenya and Burundi, with descriptions of thirteen new species, pp. 333-380 in Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 55 (1) on page 337, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5304733

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Biodiversity

Collection code
NMKE , RSC
Event date
2010-10-19 , 2011-08-24 , 2012-02-21 , 2013-05-27
Family
Dryinidae
Genus
Aphelopus
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Hymenoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Benoit
Species
mediocarinatus
Taxon rank
species
Verbatim event date
2010-10-19/11-02 , 2011-08-24/09-07 , 2012-02-21/03-07 , 2013-05-27/30
Taxonomic concept label
Aphelopus mediocarinatus (Benoit, 1951) sec. Olmi, Copeland, Guglielmino & Icipe, 2015

References

  • BENOIT P. L. G. 1951 a: Nouveaux Dryinidae (Hym.) ethiopiens. Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaines 44: 157 - 164.
  • OLMI M. & COPELAND R. S. 2011: A catalogue of Dryinidae, Embolemidae and Sclerogibbidae of Kenya and Burundi, with descriptions of new species (Hymenoptera: Chrysidoidea). African Invertebrates 52: 177 - 206.
  • OLMI M. & HARTEN A. VAN 2006: Dryinidae, Sclerogibbidae and Embolemidae (Hymenoptera: Chrysidoidea) of Yemen, with revised keys to the species of the Arabian Peninsula. Fauna of Arabia 21: 307 - 337.