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Afrocoelichneumon natalensis (Cameron)

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

Ichneumon natalesis Cameron 1906. Holotype: in The Natural History Museum, London. Type locality:

Melanichneumon pulcher (junior synonym) Morley 1916. Holotype: in South African Museum, Cape Town. Type locality:

Distribution

Afroecoelichneumon natalensis_map

South Africa, Zimbabwe

Biology

 Host: unknown

Reference

 Cameron, P. 1906. Descriptions of new species of parasitic Hymenoptera chiefly in the collection of the South African Museum, Cape Town. Annals of the South African Museum. 5:17-186. missing 18-79

Credits

 HOLOTYPE Melanichneumon pulcher Photographs Aisha Mayekiso © Iziko Museums of Cape Town.

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