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Goryphus contractus (Tosquinet)

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

Cryptus contractus Tosquinet 1896. Holotype: in Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, Bruxelles. Type locality: 

Distribution

Goryphus contractus_map

Senegal, Gambia

Biology

 Host: unknown

Reference

 Tosquinet, J. 1896. Contributions à la faune entomologique de l'Afrique. Ichneumonides. Mémoires de la Société Entomologique de Belgique. 5:1-430. 

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 HOLOTYPE Goryphus contractus Photographs © Simon van Noort (Iziko) 

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