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Ceratojoppa cornuta (Cameron)

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

Ceratojoppa cornuta Cameron 1905. Holotype: in The Natural History Museum, London. Type locality:

Ischnojoppa visiblis (junior synonym) Morley 1917. Holotype: in South African Museum, Cape Town. Type locality:

Distribution

Ceratojoppa cornuta_map

Tanzania, South Africa

Biology

 Host: unknown

Reference

 Cameron, P. 1905. A new genus and species of Joppini (Ichneumonidae) from Natal, South-Africa. (Hym.) Zeitschrift für Systematische Hymenopterologie und Dipterologie. 5:346-347.  

Morley, C. 1917. On some South African Ichneumonidae in the collection of the South African Museum. Annals of the South African Museum. 17:191-229.

Credits

 HOLOTYPE Ischnojoppa visiblis Photographs Aisha Mayekiso © Iziko Museums of Cape Town.

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