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Sinophorus xanthostomus (Gravenhorst) 

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

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

Distribution

Distribution maps/Algeria Tun Lib Egy Sau Iran

Palaearctic & periphery of afrotropical region - Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt & Saudia Arabia

Biology

Parasitoid of noctuid, pierid, pyralid and zygaenid caterpillars (Lepidoptera).

Reference

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

Credits

HOLOTYPE Sinophorus xanthostomus Photographs Simon van Noort (Iziko) © Instytut Zoologiczny Uniwersytetu, Wroclaw.

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