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Venturia peringueyi (Cameron) 

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

Limnerium peringueyi Cameron 1906. Holotype: in South African Museum, Cape Town. Type locality: 

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Junior synonym: Limnerium areolatum Cameron 1906. Holotype: in South African Museum, Cape Town. Type locality: 
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Distribution

Distribution maps/South Africa

 South Africa

Biology

Host: Cyndia pomonella (Tortricoidea)

Reference

 Cameron, P. 1906. Descriptions of new species of parasitic Hymenoptera chiefly in the collection of the South African Museum, Cape Town. Annals of the South African Museum. 5:17-186. missing 18-79

Credits

HOLOTYPES Venturia peringueyi and Limnerium areolatum photographs by Aisha Mayekiso © Iziko Museums of Cape Town.

 

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