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Neotypus semirufus Kriechbaumer

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

Neotypus semirufus Kriechbaumer 1884. Holotype in Museo Civico di Storia Naturale, Genoa. Type locality: Eritrea

Synoyms:

Neotypus rabula (Morley 1916). Holotype: in South African Museum, Cape Town. Type locality:

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

Distribution

Neotypus semirufus_map

Eritrea, Ethiopia, Uganda, Tanzania, Namibia, South Africa

Biology

 Host: Cupido rhespis (Lycaenidae).

Reference

 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

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