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

Ivondrovia grangeri
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I. grangeri
Binomial name
Ivondrovia grangeri
Belokobylskij, Sergey, Zaldivar-Riveron, Alejandro & Castaneda-Osorio, Ruben, 2018

Description

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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

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  1. ^ a b Belokobylskij, S.; Zaldivar-Riveron, A.; Castañeda-Osorio, R. (2018). "Revision of the Afrotropical genus Ivondrovia Shenefelt & Marsh, 1976 with description of a new species". ZooKeys (747): 87–100. doi:10.3897/zookeys.747.24351. PMC 5904487. PMID 29674905. Retrieved 3 April 2018.