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Atractodes mallyi Bridwell

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

Atractodes mallyi Bridwell 1919. Holotype: in South African Museum, Cape Town. Type locality: 

Distribution

Atractodes mallyi_map

South Africa

Biology

 Host: Sarcophaga sp. (Oestroidea)

Reference

Bridwell, J.C. 1919. Descriptions of new species of Hymenopterous parasites of Muscoid Diptera, with notes on their habits. Proceedings of the Hawaiian Entomological Society. 4:166-179.

Credits

HOLOTYPE Atractodes mallyi Photographs Simon van Noort © Iziko Museums of Cape Town. 

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