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Zonocryptus formosus (Brullé)

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

Cryptus formosus Brullé 1927. Holotype: in Museo Regionale di Scienzi Naturali, Torino. Type locality: 
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Distribution

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Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

Biology

 Host: Anaphe reticulata (Thaumetopoeidae).

Reference

 Brullé, M.A. 1846. Tome Quatrième. Des Hyménoptères. Les Ichneumonides. In: Lepeletier de Saint-Fargeau A. "Histoire Naturelles des Insectes." Paris. 680 pp. pp. 56-324. (copied 55-324+index) missing Braconidae

Credits

Photographs and map illustration © Simon van Noort (Iziko Museums of South Africa).
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Web author Simon van Noort (Iziko South African Museum)

 

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

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