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Henicophatnus_rufithorax_HOLOTYPE

Ctenochares rufithorax (Kriechbaumer)

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

Henicophatnus rufithorax Kriechbaumer, 1894. Holotype: in Ditsong (Transvaal Museum), Pretoria (TMSA). Type locality: Tanga, Tanzania.
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Holotype in Ditsong Museums (TMSA). Photographs © Simon van Noort (Iziko Museums of South Africa).

Distribution

Afrotropical: Angola, Central African Republic, Kenya, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Palaearctic: Algeria, Egypt.

Biology

 Host: Chrysodeixis chalcites (Noctuidae).

Reference

 Kriechbaumer, J. 1894. Hymenoptera Ichneumonidae a medico nautico Dr. Joh. Brauns in itinere secundo ad oras Africae lecta. Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift. 39: 297-318.

Credits

 Photographs and map illustration © Simon van Noort (Iziko Museums of South Africa).
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Web author Simon van Noort (Iziko South African Museum)

 

Citation: van Noort, S. 2024. WaspWeb: Hymenoptera of the World. URL: www.waspweb.org (accessed on <day/month/year>).

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