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Nematocryptus humilis (Kriechbaumer)

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

Mesostenus humulis Kriechbaumer 1894. Holotype: in Transvaal Museum, Pretoria. Type locality: Durban, Kwazulu Natal

Distribution

Nematocryptus humilis_map

South Africa

Biology

Host: unknown

Reference

Kriechbaumer, J. 1894. Hymenoptera Ichneumonidae a medico nautico Dr. Joh. Brauns in itinere secundo ad oras Africae lecta. Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift. 39:297-318.

Credits

HOLOTYPE Mesostenus humilis Photographs Simon van Noort (Iziko) © Transvaal Museum, Pretoria.

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