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Limneria_africana

Campoletis africana (Cameron)

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

Limneria africana Cameron, 1905. Holotype: in Albany Museum, Grahamstown. Type locality: Albany Museum, Grahamstown.

Junior synonym of Campoletis cinctula (Holmgren, 1868).

Distribution

South Africa.

Biology

Host: unknown.

Reference

Cameron, P. 1905. On the Hymenoptera of the Albany Museum, Grahamstown, South Africa. Records of the Albany Museum. 1(1904):161-176.

Holmgren, A.E. 1868. Hymenoptera. Species novas descripsit. Kongliga Svenska Fregatten Eugenies Resa omkring jorden. Zoologi 6: 391-442.

Credits

Photographs and 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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