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Temelucha boops (Cushman)

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

Crematus boops Cushman 1934. Holotype in U.S. National Museum of Natural History, Washington D.C. Type locality

Distribution

Temelucha boops_map

Tanzania, Namibia

Biology

Host: Audeoudia haltica (Phycitinae)

Reference

Cushman, R.A. 1934. A new species of Cremastus from an African "jumping bean". Arbeiten über Morphologische und Taxonomische Entomologie. 1:103-104.

Credits

HOLOTYPE Temelucha boops Photographs Simon van Noort (Iziko) © U.S. National Museum of Natural History, Washington D.C.

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