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Aphytis africanus

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Aphytis africanus is a species in the family Aphelinidae, order Hymenoptera. Source checklists list it for 7 countries, including Argentina, Egypt and Eswatini.

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Quick facts about Aphytis africanus

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
7 countriessrc for Countries on record

Where does Aphytis africanus live?

Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.

Aphytis africanus is listed for 7 countries.

ArgentinaSouth AfricaZimbabweMozambiqueeSwatiniIsraelEgypt
  • Listed
  • Not listed
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The same countries as a list

  1. Argentina
  2. Egypt
  3. Eswatini
  4. Israel
  5. Mozambique
  6. South Africa
  7. Zimbabwe

Why a country list is not a range map

Is Aphytis africanus endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is Aphytis africanus classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderHymenoptera
  5. familyAphelinidae
  6. genusAphytis
  7. SpeciesAphytis africanus Quednau, 1964

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Aphytis africanus

Other species in the same genus Aphytis.

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Common questions

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Where does Aphytis africanus live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list Aphytis africanus for 7 countries, including Argentina, Egypt, Eswatini, Israel and Mozambique. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is Aphytis africanus?

Aphytis africanus (Aphytis africanus) belongs to the family Aphelinidae in the order Hymenoptera.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Aphytis africanus (Aphytis africanus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/aphytis-africanus

MLA

“Aphytis africanus (Aphytis africanus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/aphytis-africanus.

BibTeX
@misc{aphytis_africanus_2026,
  title = {Aphytis africanus (Aphytis africanus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/aphytis-africanus},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}