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Aptesis rufigastra Tosquinet

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

Aptesis rufigastra Tosquinet 1896. Holotype in Museo Civico di Storia Naturale, Genoa. Type locality: Ethiopia

Distribution

Aptesis rufigastra_map

Ethiopa

Biology

 Host: unknown

Reference

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

Credits

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