''Afrephialtes'' is a genus of

wasp A wasp is any insect of the narrow-waisted suborder Apocrita of the order Hymenoptera which is neither a bee nor an ant; this excludes the broad-waisted sawflies (Symphyta), which look somewhat like wasps, but are in a separate suborder ...

under the family

Pimplinae Pimplinae are a worldwide subfamily of the parasitic wasp family Ichneumonidae. Pimplinae are parasitoids of Holometabola, often the pupae of Lepidoptera Lepidoptera ( ) or lepidopterans is an order (biology), order of winged insects whi ...

Description

''Afrephialtes'' are

parasitic wasps Parasitoid wasps are a large group of hymenopteran superfamilies, with all but the wood wasps ( Orussoidea) being in the wasp-waisted Apocrita. As parasitoids, they lay their eggs on or in the bodies of other arthropods, sooner or later ca ...

. Their hosts include the following species: * ''

Cryptorhynchus lapathi ''Cryptorhynchus lapathi '' is a species of weevil native to Europe. Its common names include poplar and willow borer, osier weevil, and willow weevil. This weevil has long been known as a pest insect of willow Willows, also called sallows ...

'' (the willow weevil) * ''

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'' (the cedar tip moth) * '' Ostrinia kasmirica'' * '' Sesia spheciformis'' * '' Synanthedon formicaeformis'' (the red-tipped clearwing)

Distribution

This species is primarily found in the West African countries of

Guinea Guinea, officially the Republic of Guinea, is a coastal country in West Africa. It borders the Atlantic Ocean to the west, Guinea-Bissau to the northwest, Senegal to the north, Mali to the northeast, Côte d'Ivoire to the southeast, and Sier ...

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, and

Sierra Leone Sierra Leone, officially the Republic of Sierra Leone, is a country on the southwest coast of West Africa. It is bordered to the southeast by Liberia and by Guinea to the north. Sierra Leone's land area is . It has a tropical climate and envi ...

. It is also found intersparsed in the

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and Indo-Australian regions.

Species

This genus contains the following 14 species: * '' Afrephialtes balteatus'' * '' Afrephialtes bicolor'' * '' Afrephialtes brumhus'' * '' Afrephialtes cicatricosus'' * '' Afrephialtes gibberosus'' * '' Afrephialtes laetiventris'' * '' Afrephialtes latiannulatus'' * '' Afrephialtes latisulcatus'' * '' Afrephialtes lieftincki'' * '' Afrephialtes montanus'' * '' Afrephialtes navus'' * '' Afrephialtes robustus'' * '' Afrephialtes rubitorosus'' * '' Afrephialtes taiwanus''

References

{{wasp-stub Pimplinae Ichneumonidae genera