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Dentichasmias Heinrich

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

Dentichasmias Heinrich 1968. Type species: Dentichasmias busseolae Heinrich 1968.

 

Dentichasmias busseolae Heinrich,1968

Distribution

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Sierre Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Uganda, Kenya,Tanzania, Angola, Madagascar, South Africa

Biology

Hosts: Chilo sp. (Pyralidae), Chilo orichalcociliellus (Pyralidae), Coniesta ignefusalis (Pyralidae), Procerata africana (Brachodidae)

Reference

Heinrich, G.H. 1968. Synopsis and reclassification of the Ichneumoninae Stenopneusticae of Africa south of Sahara (Hym.).Vol.V. Farmington State College Press. pp.943-1258.

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