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Pteroptrix aethiopica

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Pteroptrix aethiopica 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 Pteroptrix aethiopica

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 Pteroptrix aethiopica 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.

Pteroptrix aethiopica 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

Why a country list is not a range map

Is Pteroptrix aethiopica 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 Pteroptrix aethiopica classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderHymenoptera
  5. familyAphelinidae
  6. genusPteroptrix
  7. SpeciesPteroptrix aethiopica (Annecke, 1964)

Synonyms Archenomus aethiopicus

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Pteroptrix aethiopica

Other species in the same genus Pteroptrix.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does Pteroptrix aethiopica live?

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

What kind of animal is Pteroptrix aethiopica?

Pteroptrix aethiopica (Pteroptrix aethiopica) 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). Pteroptrix aethiopica (Pteroptrix aethiopica). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/pteroptrix-aethiopica

MLA

“Pteroptrix aethiopica (Pteroptrix aethiopica).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/pteroptrix-aethiopica.

BibTeX
@misc{pteroptrix_aethiopica_2026,
  title = {Pteroptrix aethiopica (Pteroptrix aethiopica)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/pteroptrix-aethiopica},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}