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Diphyus brevis (Morley)

Junior synonym of Diphyus lalandei (Brullé,1846)

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

Ctenichneumon brevis Morley 1916. Holotype: in South African Museum, Cape Town. Type locality: South Africa

Distribution

Diphyus brevis_map

South Africa

Biology

 Host: unknown

Reference

 Morley, C. 1916. On some South African Ichneumonidae in the collection of the South African Museum. Annals of the South African Museum 15: 353-400.

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