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Phorotrophus ugandensis Benoit

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

Phorotrophus ugandensis Benoit, 1952. Holotype: in  Type locality:

Junior synonym of Phorotrophus alcides Wilkinson, 1930 (synonymy by Townes & Townes, 1973).

Distribution

Uganda.

Biology

Host: unknown.

References

Benoit, P.L.G. 1952. Notes ichneumologiques africaines (II). Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaines 46: 51–56.

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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