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Enytas apostata (Gravenhorst) 

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

Campoplex apostata Gravenhorst 1829. Holotype: in Instytut Zoologiczny Uniwersytetu, Wroclaw. Type locality:

Distribution

Distribution maps/South Africa

Palaearctic, Nearctic, Oriental & South Africa (Introduced?)

Biology

Endoparasitoid of mostly Lepidoptera, but also beetle and wasp larvae.

Reference

Gravenhorst, J.L.C. 1829. Ichneumonologia Europaea. Pars III. Vratislaviae. 1097 pp.

Credits

HOLOTYPE Enytas apostata Photographs Simon van Noort (Iziko) © Instytut Zoologiczny Uniwersytetu, Wroclaw.

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