Author: Gess, F.W. & Gess, S.K.
Title: Annals of the Cape Provincial Museums. Volume 16. Part 14. A Contribution to the Knowledge of the Taxonomy and the Ethology of the Genus Masarina Richards (Hymenoptera: Masaridae).
Description: Cape Provincial Museum, Albany Museum, Grahamstown, Natural History. Volume 16. Part 14. 29th July 1988. Stapled wraps, p351-p362. illustrated, 184mm wide x 240mm high. New unread copy. Descriptions of the female of Masarina strucki sp.nov., and the previously undescribed female of M. hyalinipennis Richards and male of M. mixta Richards are given. A revised key to species is presented. A first account of the nesting of the species of the genus Masarina Richards is given. M. familiaris Richards nests in vertically presented soil in multicellular nests, attaches the egg to the cell wall and provisions with a wet pollen and nectar mixture. It forages on Aspalathus spp. (Leguminosae).

Keywords: albany museum grahamstown eastern cape cape provincial museum entomology south southern africa african entomology insects hymenoptera wasps masaridae


See more books from our catalog: Academic Journals var