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Compsophorus Saussure

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

Compsophorus Saussure 1892. Type species: Compsophorus mirandus Saussure 1892.

 

Compsophorus amboimensis (Heinrich,1967)

  Compsophorus androplites (Heinrich,1967)
  Compsophorus apicalis (Morley,1915)

   

Compsophorus bilobatus (Heinrich,1967)

  Compsophorus caelatus (Tosquinet,1896)

   

Compsophorus carinifer (Morley,1919)

  Compsophorus coeruleiventris (Heinrich,1938)

   

Compsophorus corrugatus (Tosquinet,1896)

  Compsophorus crassidentatus (Heinrich,1938)
  Compsophorus dimidiatus (Morley,1915)
  Compsophorus eucoeleus (Morley,1915)

   

Compsophorus flavivertex (Heinrich,1967)

   

Compsophorus flavobalteatus (Cameron,1906)

 

Compsophorus fumosops (Heinrich,1967)

  Compsophorus fumosus (Morley,1915)
  Compsophorus grandis (Heinrich,1967)
  Compsophorus hildegardae (Heinrich,1967)

 

Compsophorus holerythros (Heinrich,1967)

  Compsophorus holerythrus (Heinrich,1968)

   

Compsophorus instriatus (Heinrich,1967)

  Compsophorus insuetus (Tosquinet,1896)

   

Compsophorus lundae (Heinrich,1967)   

   

Compsophorus madagassus (Heinrich,1938)

  Compsophorus metallicus (Szépligeti,1908)
  Compsophorus micans (Tosquinet,1903)

 

Compsophorus minimus (Heinrich,1967)

 

Compsophorus mirandus Saussure,1892

  Compsophorus nigricoxatus (Morley,1915)
Compsophorus_pilosus_HOLOTYPE Compsophorus pilosus (Cameron,1906)

   

Compsophorus rubricatus (Morley,1915)

  Compsophorus rufus (Szépligeti,1908)

   

Compsophorus rugicollis (Heinrich,1967)

   

Compsophorus seyrigi Heinrich,1938

  Compsophorus striatifrons (Morley,1919)
  Compsophorus stuckenbergi (Heinrich,1967)

   

Compsophorus triangulifer (Morley,1919)    

Comphosorus_thoracica_HOLOTYPE 

Compsophorus thoracicus (Morley,1917)

   

Compsophorus variabilis (Morley,1915)

   

Compsophorus verecundus (Tosquinet,1896)

 

Compsophorus viridescens (Heinrich,1967)

Distribution

Compsophorus_map

Afrotropical: Guinea, Sierre Leone, Ivory Coast, Togo, Nigeria, Congo, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Angola, Malawi, Zimbabwe, Madagascar, South Africa; Indo-Australian: China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar

Biology

Hosts: Argyrostagma noibe (Lymantriidae), Dasychira georgiana (Lymantriidae)

Reference

Saussure, H. de. 1892. Hymenopteres. In: Grandidier A. "Histoire physique naturelle et politique de Madagascar. 20." Paris. 590 pp.

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