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Owenus cingulatus (Kriechbaumer)

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

Mesostenus cingulatus Kriechbaumer 1894. Holotype: in Transvaal Museum, Pretoria. Type locality: Old Calabar, Nigeria

Distribution

Owensus cingulatus_map

Nigeria, South Africa

Biology

 Host: unknown

Reference

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

Credits

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

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