Insect of the week

12.09.2024

Insect of the week (93), Megaspilidae sp. (Hymenoptera: Ceraphronoidea).

This week’s insect of the week is a species of the family Megaspilidae. It was collected in a Malaise trap set next to the Lukusi River in Kakamega Forest, western Kenya. Together with the Ceraphronidae, Megaspilidae completes the number of extant families in the superfamily Ceraphronoidea.

04.09.2024

Insect of the week (92), Bolboceratinae

In response to a request for insects highlighted in this blog to feature groups other than the Hymenoptera, we focus this week on the Coleoptera, in particular the family Bolboceratidae (Mulsant, 1842).

31.07.2024

Insect of the week (87) Cremnops, (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonoidea: Braconidae: Agathidinae: Cremnoptini)

Cremnops is a fairly large genus of about 75 species distributed worldwide. Although the diversity and biology of the genus have been studied in some depth in several regions including the Nearctic, Palearctic and Oriental regions and Australia, precious little is known about Afrotropical Cremnops.

10.06.2024

Insect of the week: 10 June 2024

Dulinius sp. (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Tingoidea: Tingidae)

03.06.2024

Insect of the week: 03 June 2024

Foenatopus sp., (Hymenoptera: Stephanoidea: Stephanidae)