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Astomaspis violaceipennis (Cameron)

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

Acanthoprymnus violaceipennis Cameron 1905. Holotype: in The Natural History Museum, London. Type locality: Cape Colony

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Distribution

Distribution maps/South Africa

South Africa

Biology

Host: unknown

Reference

Cameron, P. 1905. A new genus of Hemitelini (Ichneumonidae) from Cape Colony. Entomologist. 249-250.

Credits

HOLOTYPE Astomaspis violaceipennis Photographs Simon van Noort (Iziko) © The Natural History Museum, London.

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