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Neotypus formosus Tosquinet

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

Neotypus formosus Tosquinet, 1896. Holotype: in Museo Civico di Storia Naturale, Genoa. Type locality: Ethiopia.

Junior synonym of Neotypus semirufus Kriechbaumer, 1884.

Holotype Neotypus formosus Tosquinet, 1896 (Genoa).

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Distribution

Ethiopia.

Biology

Host: unknown.

References

Kriechbaumer, 1884. Roccolte imenotterologiche nell'Africa orientale. Bollettino della Societa Entomologica Italiana. 15:241-253.

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

Photographs © Simon van Noort (Iziko Museums of South Africa).
Map illustration © Simon van Noort (Iziko South African Museum, Cape Town).
 

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Citation: van Noort, S. 2024. WaspWeb: Hymenoptera of the World. URL: www.waspweb.org (accessed on <day/month/year>).

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