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Goryphus tricolor (Kriechbaumer)

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

Brachycoryphus tricolor Kriechbaumer, 1894. Holotype in Ditsong Museum, Pretoria (TMSA). Type locality: Insel Scherbro, West Africa.

Synonyms: Goryphus lobatus Morley, 191; Goryphus scutellator Morley, 1926.

Distribution

Goryphus tricolor_map

Kenya,  Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tanzania.

Biology

Host unknown.

Reference

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

Credits

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