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Compsophorus thoracicus (Morley)

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

Charitojoppa thoracica Morley 1917. Holotype: in South African Museum, Cape Town. Type locality:

Distribution

Compsophorus thoracicus_map

Guinea, Uganda, Kenya, South Africa

Biology

 Host: unknown

Reference

 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 Charitojoppa thoracica Photographs Aisha Mayekiso © Iziko Museums of Cape Town.

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