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Goryphus_aello_HOLOTYPE

Nematocryptus aello (Morley)

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

Goryphus aello Morley, 1917. Holotype: in South African Museum, Cape Town (SAMC). Type locality: 

Junior synonym of Neomesostenus testaceus Szepligeti, 1916.

Goryphus_aello_HOLOTYPE

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Goryphus_aello_HOLOTYPE  

Distribution

South Africa.

Biology

 Host: unknown.

References

Kriechbaumer, J. 1894. Hymenoptera Ichneumonidea a medico nautico Dr. Joh. Brauns in itinere ad oras Africae occidentalis lecta. Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift. 39:43-68. (6062)

Morley, C. 1917. On some South African Ichneumonidae in the collection of the South African Museum. Annals of the South African Museum. 17:191-229.

Szépligeti, G. 1916. Ichneumoniden aus der Sammlung des ungarischen National-Museums. II. Annales Musei Nationalis Hungarici. 14:225-380.

Credits

Photographs Aisha Mayekiso © Iziko Museums of South Africa.
 

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Citation: van Noort, S. 2024. WaspWeb: Hymenoptera of the World. URL: www.waspweb.org (accessed on <day/month/year>).

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