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Zonocryptus formosus (Brullé)

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

Cryptus formosus Brullé 1927. Holotype: in Museo Regionale di Scienzi Naturali, Torino. Type locality

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Distribution

Zonocryptus formosus_map

Cameroon, Ethiopia, Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe, South Africa

Biology

Host: Anaphe reticulata (Thaumetopoeidae)

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 Cryptus formosus Photographs Simon van Noort (Iziko) © Museo Regionale di Scienzi Naturali, Torino.

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