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Syzeuctus senegalensis Benoit

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

Syzeuctus senegalensis Benoit 1959. Holotype in Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, Tervuren (RMCA). Type locality:

Distribution

Syzeuctus senegalensis_map

Burkina Faso, Senegal

Biology

Hosts: Chilo pyrocaustalis (Crambinae), Coniesta ignefusalis (Crambinae), Euclystis ignefuscalis (Ophiderinae)

Reference

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

Credits

HOLOTYPE Syzeuctus senegalensis Photographs © Simon van Noort (Iziko Museums of South Africa).

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

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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