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Goryphus basimacula (Cameron)

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

Mesostenus basimacula Cameron 1905. Holotype: in The Natural History Museum, London. Type locality: Cape Colony

Distribution

Goryphus basimacula_map

Ghana, Sudan, South Africa

Biology

Hosts: Anadiasa undata (Lasiocampidae), Earias insulana (Nolidae), Trilocha kolga (Bombycidae)

Reference

Cameron, P. 1905. On some new genera and species of Hymenoptera collected by the Rev. J.A. O'Neill, S.J., chiefly at Dunbrody, Cape Colony. Record of the Albany Museum. 1:245-265. (2008)

Credits

HOLOTYPE Mesostenus basimacula Photographs Simon van Noort (Iziko) © The Natural History Museum, London.

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