Tanaostigmodes tambotis Prinsloo & LaSalleı 1995

Noort, Simon van & Copeland, Robert S., 2020, First record of the genus Tanaostigma (Hymenopteraı Chalcidoideaı Tanaostigmatidae) from the Afrotropical region with description of three new species, Journal of Natural History 54 (9), pp. 703-722 : 719-720

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scientific name	Tanaostigmodes tambotis Prinsloo & LaSalleı 1995
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Tanaostigmodes tambotis Prinsloo & LaSalleı 1995 View in CoL

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Tanaostigmodes tambotis Prinsloo & LaSalle, 1995 View in CoL , 8 – 11. Holotype ♀ SOUTH AFRICA, North West Province, Oskraal, 23 km NW Ga-Rankuwa, 25.30S 27.54E, i.1992, D. LeLagadec, ex galls on stems of Spirostachys africana (SANC). GoogleMaps

Additional material. 2F, 2M: NAMIBIA, Tsumeb, Varianto , Elandshoek , 771 – SE 1917 Bc, 07.III.1999, leg. P.A. Basson, ex Spirostachys africana , Tanaostigmodes tambotis Prinsloo & LaSalle 1995 , det. S. van Noort 1999, SAM-HYM-P021102 ( SAMC). 1M: TANZANIA, Mkomazi Game Reserve, Ibaya Hill , 03.58S 37.47E, 10 December 1995, S. van Noort, Acacia / Combretum bushveld, sweep, SAM-HYM-P0014589 ( SAMC). GoogleMaps

Distribution. Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania.

Biology. A gregarious phytophagous gall former on Spirostachys africana (Tamboti) (Euphorbiaceae) .

Comments. Previously only known from South Africa, we here add Namibia and Tanzania as new country records. This species is likely to be far more widespread through east and southern Africa, conforming with the distribution of the host Tamboti tree. Spirostachys africana extends from Kwazulu-Natal ( South Africa) in the south through Swaziland, Mozambique, Botswana, Zimbabwe, and Tanzania to southern Kenya; also present in northern Namibia and southern Angola ( Mapaura & Timberlake 2004; Setshogo 2005; Boon 2010; Palgrave 2015; Burrows et al. 2018).

References

Boon R. 2010. Pooley ' s trees of Eastern South Africa - a complete guide. Durban: Flora & Fauna Publications Trust. ISBN: 978 - 0 - 620 - 46019 - 4.

Burrows JE, Burrows SM, Lotter MC, Schmidt E. 2018. Trees and shrubs, Mozambique. Cape Town: Publishing Print Matters (Pty) Ltd; p. 1124.

Mapaura A, Timberlake J, editors. 2004. A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33. Pretoria and Harare: Sabonet.

Palgrave KC. 2015. Trees of Southern Africa. Cape Town: Penguin Random House South Africa; p. 1212. ISBN: 9781920572754.

Prinsloo GL, LaSalle J. 1995. A new species of tanaostigmatid (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) from South Africa, that forms galls on tamboti. Afr Entomol. 3: 7 - 11.

Setshogo MP. 2005. Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Pretoria and Gaborone: Sabonet. Sabonet Report no. 37.

Figures

Figure 7. Tanaostigmodes tambotis female (a–c), male (d). (a) Habitus, lateral view (inset: data labels) (b) Habitus, dorsal view (c) Head, anterior view (d) Habitus, lateral view (inset: data labels).