Osprynchotus_violator

Osprynchotus violator (Thunberg)

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

Ichneumon violator Thunberg 1789. Holotype: in Uppsala Universitet, Sweden. Type locality:

Osprynchotus capensis Spinola 1841 (junior synonym). Holotype: in Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali, Torino. Type locality: Cape of Good Hope (South Africa)

Distribution	Ethiopia, Tanzania, Namibia, South Africa
Biology	Host: Vespa cornuta (Vespidae)
Reference	Thunberg, C.P. 1789. Donation. Thunbergianae 1785. Continuat. V. In: "Museum naturalium Academiae Upsaliensis. Pars. VII." Upsaliae. (Ichneumon on pp. 85-87) Spinola, M. 1841. G. Osprynchote. Osprynchotus. Guerin's Magasine de Zoologie. Insectes. XI. Pl.75:1-6.
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Osprynchotus violator (Thunberg)

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