Phorotrophus maynei Benoit

(Life: Kingdom: Metazoa (animals); Phylum: Arthropoda; Class: Hexapoda; Order: Hymenoptera; Superfamily: Ichneumonoidea; Family: Ichneumonidae; Subfamily: Acaenitinae; Genus: Phorotrophus)

Phorotrophus maynei Benoit, 1953. Holotype: in Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, Tervuren (MRAC). Type locality: Bitale, Democratic Republic of Congo.

Junior synonym of Phorotrophus congoensis Benoit, 1952 (synonymy by Maquart et al. 2014).

Distribution

Democratic Republic of Congo.

Biology

Host: unknown.

References

Benoit, P.L.G. 1953. Nouveaux Ichneumononidae du Congo belge. Lambillionea. 53(9-10): 76-78.

Maquart, P.O., Rousse, P. & van Noort, S. 2014.  Revision of the Afrotropical genus Phorotrophus Saussure, 1892 (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Acaenitinae), with description of eight new species. African Natural History 10: 57-117.

Credits

Photographs by Pascal Rousse © Iziko Museums of South Africa.

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Web author Simon van Noort (Iziko South African Museum)

Citation: van Noort, S. 2024. WaspWeb: Hymenoptera of the World. URL: www.waspweb.org (accessed on <day/month/year>).

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