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Afromelanichneumon petiolaris (Morley)

Junior synonym of Afromelanichneumon russulus (Tosquinet, 1896)

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

Coelichneumon petiolaris Morley 1917. Holotype in Iziko South African Museum, Cape Town (SAMC). Type locality: South Africa

Distribution

South Africa

Biology

Host: unknown.

Reference

Tosquinet, J. 1896. Contributions à la faune entomologique de l'Afrique. Ichneumonides. Mémoires de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 5: 1-430.

Credits

Photographs © Aisha Mayekiso (Iziko Museums of South Africa).

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

 

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