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Neotypus cottrelli (Benoit)

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

Neotypus cottrelli Benoit 1962. Holotype: in Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, Tervuren. Type locality:

Distribution

Neotypus cottrelli_map

Uganda, Tanzania, South Africa

Biology

Host: Lepidochrysops variabilis (Lycaenidae)

Reference

Benoit, P.L.G. 1962. Cratichneumon cottrelli sp.n. (Hym. Ichneumonidae) parasite du Lycaenide Lepidochrysops variabilis Cottrell. Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaines 65: 78-80.

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