Ivondrovia grangeri

Ivondrovia grangeri
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Braconidae
Subfamily:	Doryctinae
Genus:	Ivondrovia
Species:	I. grangeri
Binomial name
	Ivondrovia grangeri; Belokobylskij, Sergey, Zaldivar-Riveron, Alejandro & Castaneda-Osorio, Ruben, 2018

Ivondrovia grangeri is a species of parasitoid wasp belonging to the subfamily Doryctinae of the family Braconidae. It is endemic to Kenya.^[1]

Description

Body length of female is 7.3–7.9 mm. Head smooth, high and transverse. Occiput distinctly concave. Ocelli arranged in slightly obtuse triangle. Frons slightly concave. Eyes glabrous. Clypeus almost flat laterally. No malar suture. Blackish antennae thickened, almost filiform with 51 segments. Mesosoma not depressed. Pterostigma of fore wing rather narrow. Fore femur thick and short. Claws are simple, large, short and strongly curved. Body light reddish brown. Head with large black spot on frons. Legs light reddish brown or partly reddish brown. Fore and hind wings are entirely distinctly infuscate with yellowish tinge on them.^[1]

References

1 2 "Revision of the Afrotropical genus Ivondrovia Shenefelt & Marsh, 1976 with description of a new species". Zookeys. Retrieved 3 April 2018.

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[Ivondrovia-1] 1 2 "Revision of the Afrotropical genus Ivondrovia Shenefelt & Marsh, 1976 with description of a new species". Zookeys. Retrieved 3 April 2018.