Cenocoelius huggerti

Cenocoelius huggerti is a species of hymenopteran insect belonging to the family Braconidae. It is only known from a single female collected from Bakau in Gambia in 1978. It is the only known member of the subfamily Cenocoeliinae from the Afrotropical realm. This generally dark insect has a body length of 4.9 mm. The species is named after the collector of the only specimen, the late Lars Huggert.

Cenocoelius huggerti
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C. huggerti
Binomial name
Cenocoelius huggerti
Pitz & Sharkey, 2005

References

  • Kevin M. Pitz & Michael J. Sharkey (2005). "Cenocoelius huggerti, the first record of the subfamily Cenocoeliinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from Africa" (PDF). Journal of Hymenoptera Research. 14 (1): 92–95.


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