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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: South Africa.

Distribution

South Africa (Introduced?).

Also Nearctic, Oriental & Palaearctic regions.

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

Photographs and map illustration © Simon van Noort (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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