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Apocrypta longitarsus

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Apocrypta longitarsus is a species in the family Pteromalidae, order Hymenoptera. Source checklists list it for 17 countries, including Botswana, Cameroon and Comoros.

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Quick facts about Apocrypta longitarsus

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
17 countriessrc for Countries on record

Where does Apocrypta longitarsus 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.

Apocrypta longitarsus is listed for 17 countries.

TanzaniaKenyaSouth AfricaZimbabweBotswanaNamibiaSenegalCameroonZambiaMalawiIsraelMadagascarEritreaYemenEgyptEthiopia
  • Listed
  • Not listed
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The same countries as a list

  1. Botswana
  2. Cameroon
  3. Comoros
  4. Egypt
  5. Eritrea
  6. Ethiopia
  7. Israel
  8. Kenya
  9. Madagascar
  10. Malawi
  11. Namibia
  12. Senegal
  13. South Africa
  14. Tanzania
  15. Yemen
  16. Zambia
  17. Zimbabwe

Why a country list is not a range map

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists Apocrypta longitarsus as introduced in 1 country.

  1. Cyprus

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is Apocrypta longitarsus 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 Apocrypta longitarsus classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderHymenoptera
  5. familyPteromalidae
  6. genusApocrypta
  7. SpeciesApocrypta longitarsus Mayr, 1906

Synonyms Apocrypta minima, Apocryptophagus bambeyi

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Apocrypta longitarsus

Other species in the same genus Apocrypta.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does Apocrypta longitarsus live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list Apocrypta longitarsus for 17 countries, including Botswana, Cameroon, Comoros, Egypt and Eritrea. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

Is Apocrypta longitarsus an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists Apocrypta longitarsus as introduced in 1 country: Cyprus, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is Apocrypta longitarsus?

Apocrypta longitarsus (Apocrypta longitarsus) belongs to the family Pteromalidae in the order Hymenoptera.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Apocrypta longitarsus (Apocrypta longitarsus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/apocrypta-longitarsus

MLA

“Apocrypta longitarsus (Apocrypta longitarsus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/apocrypta-longitarsus.

BibTeX
@misc{apocrypta_longitarsus_2026,
  title = {Apocrypta longitarsus (Apocrypta longitarsus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/apocrypta-longitarsus},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}