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Osprynchotus objurgator (Fabricius)

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

Ichneumon objurgator Fabricius 1781. Holotype: in The Natural History Museum, London. Type locality

Distribution

Osprynchotus objurgator_map

Afrotropical: Guinea, Senegal, Nigeria, Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Angola, Mozambique, South Africa, Palearctic: Libya

Biology

Host: Vespa calida (Vespidae)

Reference

Fabricius, J.C. 1781. Species insectorum. Tom. I. Hamburgii et Kilonii. 552 pp.

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