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Diphyus leppani (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)

Ichneumon leppani Morley 1916. Holotype in South African Museum, Cape Town. Type locality: South Africa

Distribution

Diphyus leppani_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.

Credits

 HOLOTYPE Ichneumon leppani Photographs Aisha Mayekiso © Iziko Museums of Cape Town.

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