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Afromevesia fimbriator (Thunberg)

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

Ichneumon fimbriator Thunberg 1822. Holotype: in Uppsala Unversitet, Uppsala. Type locality:

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

Distribution

Afromevesia fimbriator _map

South Africa

Biology

Host: unknown

Reference

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

Credits

HOLOTYPE Melanichneumon rufator Photographs Simon van Noort © Iziko Museums of Cape Town.

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