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Aphytis cercinus

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Aphytis cercinus is a species in the family Aphelinidae, order Hymenoptera. Source checklists list it for 2 countries: Namibia and South Africa.

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Quick facts about Aphytis cercinus

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
2 countriessrc for Countries on record

Where does Aphytis cercinus 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 cercinus is listed for 2 countries.

South AfricaNamibia
  • Listed
  • Not listed
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The same countries as a list

  1. Namibia
  2. South Africa

Is Aphytis cercinus 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 cercinus classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderHymenoptera
  5. familyAphelinidae
  6. genusAphytis
  7. SpeciesAphytis cercinus Compere, 1955

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Aphytis cercinus

Other species in the same genus Aphytis.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does Aphytis cercinus live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list Aphytis cercinus for 2 countries: Namibia and South Africa. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is Aphytis cercinus?

Aphytis cercinus (Aphytis cercinus) 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 cercinus (Aphytis cercinus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/aphytis-cercinus

MLA

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

BibTeX
@misc{aphytis_cercinus_2026,
  title = {Aphytis cercinus (Aphytis cercinus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/aphytis-cercinus},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}