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Nigeriella scindura van Noort

(Life: Kingdom: Metazoa (animals); Phylum: Arthropoda; Class: Hexapoda; Order: Hymenoptera;  Superfamily: Chalcidoidea; Family: Agaonidae; Genus: Nigeriella)

Nigeriella scindura van Noort 2006

Female (male unknown)

Nigeriella_species_habitus

Habitus. Scale bar  = 0.1mm.

Nigeriella_species_head

Head dorsal view. Scale bar = 0.1mm. 

 

Head ventral view. Scale bar = 0.1mm.

Nigeriella_species_scape

Antennal scape. Scale bar = 0.1mm.

Nigeriella_species_thorax

Thorax dorsal view. Scale bar = 0.1mm.

Fore tibia. Scale bar = 0.1mm.

Nigeriella_species_hind_tibia

Hindtibia. Scale bar = 0.1mm. 

Nigeriella_species_pollen

Pollen pocket on thorax.

Scale bar = 0.1mm.

Mandible and mandibular appendage.

  

Distribution

 

 

 

Distribution_of_Nigeriella_species_in_description

Yemen

Biology

Unknown (collected at light)

References

VAN NOORT, S. & VAN HARTEN, A. 2006. Fig wasp (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Agaonidae, Pteromalidae) species richness of Yemen. Fauna of Arabia 22: 449-472.

Credits

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