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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 Transvaal Museum, Pretoria. Type locality:

Distribution

Ctenochares rufithorax_map

Afrotropical: Central African Republic, Kenya, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Palearctic: 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

 HOLOTYPE Ctenochares rufithorax Photographs Simon van Noort (Iziko) © Transvaal Museum, Pretoria.

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