Xestopelta alutacea Benoit

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

Xestopelta alutacea Benoit 1955. Holotype in Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, Tervuren (RMCA). Type locality: 

Distribution

Democratic Republic of Congo

Biology

Host: unknown

Reference

Benoit, P.L.G. 1955. Contributions a l'étude des Ichneumonidae africains (Hymenoptera). I. Annales du Musée Royal du Congo Belge, Sciences Zoologiques. 38:1-55.

Credits

HOLOTYPE Xestopelta alutacea Photographs Simon van Noort (Iziko) © Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, Tervuren. 

Map illustration © Simon van Noort (Iziko Museums of South Africa).

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Web author Simon van Noort (Iziko South African Museum)

Citation: van Noort, S. 2024. WaspWeb: Hymenoptera of the World. URL: www.waspweb.org (accessed on <day/month/year>).

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