Mesochorus melanothorax Wilkinson

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

Mesochorus melanothorax Wilkinson 1927. Holotype: in The Natural History Museum, London. Type locality:

Distribution

Cameroon, Ghana, Nigeria

Biology

Host: Peristenus sahlbergellae (Euphorinae)

Reference

Wilkinson, D.S. 1927. On two new parasites from West Africa bred from cacao barksapper (Sahlbergella). Bulletin of Entomological Research. 17(4):309-311

Credits

HOLOTYPE Mescochorus melanothorax Photographs Simon van Noort (Iziko) © The Natural History Museum, London.

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