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Zonocryptus luctor (Thunberg)

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

Ichneumon luctor Thunberg 1822. Holotype: in Uppsala Universitet Zoologiska Institutionen, Uppsala. Type locality

Distribution

Zonocryptus luctor _map

South Africa

Biology

Host: Mesocelis montana (Lasiocampidae)

Reference

Thunberg, C.P. 1822. Ichneumonidea, Insecta Hymenoptera illustrata. Mémoires de l'Académie Imperiale des Sciences de Saint Petersbourg. 8:249-281.

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