HomeWasp classificationExpeditionsLinksFigWebBiodiversity ExplorerPermits

Afromelanichneumon nigripalpis (Cameron)

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

Platylabus nigripalpis Cameron 1906. Holotype in South African Museum,  Cape Town. Type locality: South Africa

Distribution

Afromelanichneumon nigripalpis_map

South Africa

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.

Credits

 Photographs © Aisha Mayekiso (Iziko Museums of Cape Town).

Page developed by Aisha Mayekiso.
  Next genus: Afromevesia                        Next species: Afromelanichneumon ruficaudis

Web page development by Simon van Noort (Iziko South African Museum)

Copyright 2004-2008 Iziko Museums of Cape Town