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Gelis latrodectiphagus (Hesse)

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

Pezomachus latrodectiphagus Hesse 1942. Holotype: in South African Museum, Cape Town. Type locality

Distribution

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South Africa

Biology

Host: Latrodectus indistinctus (Theridiidae)

Reference

Hesse, A.J. 1942. The insect-food and Hymenopterous parasites of the South African poisonous "button spider" Latrodectus indistinctus Camb. Journal of the Entomological Society of South Africa. 5:45-63.

Credits

HOLOTYPE Gelis latrodectiphagus Photographs Simon van Noort © Iziko Museums of Cape Town.

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