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Nematocryptus testaceus (Szépligeti)

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

Neomesostenus testaceus Szepligeti 1916. Holotype: in Termeszettudomanyi Muzeum Allattara, Budapest. Type locality: 

Neomesostenus pallidus (juntior synonym) Kriechbaumer 1894. Holotype: in Transvaal Museum, Pretoria. Type locality: Gabon, West 
Africa

 

Distribution

Nematocryptus testaceus_map

Cameroon, Gabon, South Africa, Mozambique

Biology

 Host: unknown

Credits

HOLOTYPE and PARATYPE Nematocryptus pallidus in Transvaal Museum Photographs Simon van Noort © Transvaal Museum, Pretoria.

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  Goryphus aello (junior synonym) Morley 1917. Holotype: in South African Museum, Cape Town. Type locality: 

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References

Kriechbaumer, J. 1894. Hymenoptera Ichneumonidea a medico nautico Dr. Joh. Brauns in itinere ad oras Africae occidentalis lecta. Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift. 39:43-68. (6062)

Morley, C. 1917. On some South African Ichneumonidae in the collection of the South African Museum. Annals of the South African Museum. 17:191-229.

Szépligeti, G. 1916. Ichneumoniden aus der Sammlung des ungarischen National-Museums. II. Annales Musei Nationalis Hungarici. 14:225-380.

Credits

HOLOTYPE  Goryphus aello Photographs Aisha Mayekiso © Iziko Museums of Cape Town.
 

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