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Osprynchotus flaviceps Brullé

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

 Osprynchotus flaviceps Brullé 1846. Holotype: in Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris. Type locality

 

 

 

 

Distribution

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Afrotropical: Senegal, Guinea, Togo, Sudan, Cameroon,  Ethiopia, Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, South Africa

Biology

Host: Vespa cornuta (Vespidae)

Reference

Brullé, M.A. 1846. Tome Quatrième. Des Hyménoptères. Les Ichneumonides. In: Lepeletier de Saint-Fargeau A. "Histoire Naturelles des Insectes." Paris. 680 pp. pp. 56-324. (copied 55-324+index) missing Braconidae

Credits

HOLOTYPE Osprynchotus flaviceps Photographs Simon van Noort (Iziko) © Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris.

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