Stictopisthus breviscapus (Kerrich)

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

Mesochorus breviscapus Kerrich 1956. Holotype: in the Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK).Type locality:

Distribution

South Africa

Biology

Host: Epascestria frustalis (Pyralidae)

Reference

Kerrich, G.J. 1956. A systematic study of the parasite complex of the Karroo caterpillar, Loxostege frustalis Zeller: Perilampidae and Ichneumonidae (Hym.). Journal of the Entomological Society of South Africa. 19(1):118-127.

Credits

Map illustration © Simon van Noort (Iziko Museums of South Africa).

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Web author Simon van Noort (Iziko South African Museum)

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