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Astomaspis rustica Townes

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

Astomaspis rustica Townes 1973. New name for secondary homonym (Caenoaulax striatus Cameron 1905). 

Caenoaulax striatus Cameron 1905 Secondary homonym. Holotype: in Albany Museum, Grahamstown. Type locality: Grahamstown, South Africa

Distribution

Astomaspis rustica_map

South Africa

Biology

 Host: unknown

Reference

 Townes, H.K. and Townes, M. 1973. A catalogue and reclassification of the Ethiopian Ichneumonidae. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute. No.19. 416 pp.

Credits

 HOLOTYPE Caenoaulax striatus Photographs Simon van Noort (Iziko) © Albany Museum, Grahamstown.

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