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Belesica pictipennis (Tosquinet) 

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

Zachresta pictipennis Tosquinet 1896. Lectotype: in Institute Royal des Sciences Naturelles, Brussels. Type locality: Delagoa Bay = Maputo (Mozambique)

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Distribution

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Botswana, Mozambique

Biology

Host: Cladocera nigroornata (Chrysomelidae, Coleoptera). 

Reference

Tosquinet, J. 1896. Contributions à la faune entomologique de l'Afrique. Ichneumonides. Mémoires de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 5: 1-430.

Credits

LECTOTYPE Belesica pictipennis Photographs Simon van Noort (Iziko) © Institute Royal des Sciences Naturelles, Brussels.

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