Stictopisthus nigellus (Wilkinson)

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

Mesochorus nigellus Wilkinson 1927. Holotype: in the Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK).Type locality:

Distribution

Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, Tanzania, 

Biology

Host: Orgyia vetusta (Lymantriidae)

Reference

Wilkinson, D.S. 1927. On the African species of the genus Mesochorus, Grav. (Fam. Ichneumonidae). Transactions of the Entomological Society of London. 75:69-77.

Credits

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