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Himertosoma recalcitrans (Benoit)

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

Asphragis recalcitrans Benoit 1956. Holotype: in Iziko South African Museum, Cape Town (SAMC). Type locality:

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Himertosoma_recalcitrans_holotype  

Distribution

South Africa.

Biology

Host: unknown.

Reference

Benoit, P.L.G. 1959. Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae (Banchinae, Bassinae, Pimplinae et Tryphoninae). South African Animal Life. 6:441-482. 

Credits

HOLOTYPE Himertosoma recalcitrans Photographs by Aisha Mayekiso © Iziko Museums of South Africa.

Map illustration © Simon van Noort (Iziko Museums of South Africa).

 

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

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