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Costifrons testaceus (Morley)

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

Goryphus testaceus Morley 1916. Holotype: in South Africa Museum, Cape Town. Type locality: 

Distribution

Costifrons testaceus_map

South Africa

Biology

 Host: Dendrolimus sp. (Bombycoidea)

Reference

 Morley, C. 1916. On some South African Ichneumonidae in the collection of the South African Museum. Annals of the South African Museum. 15:353-400.

Credits

 HOLOTYPE Costifrons testaceus Photographs Simon van Noort © Iziko Museums of Cape Town.

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