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Exochus erythrinus Holmgren

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

Exochus erythrinus Holmgren, 1868. Holotype: in Africa Museum = Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, Tervuren (MRAC).  Type locality: Gabiru (Rwanda).

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Exochus erythrinus 359c Exochus erythrinus 359d
Exochus erythrinus 359e  

Distribution

 

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Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda, South Africa.

Biology

Host: unknown.

Reference

Holmgren, A.E. 1868. Hymenoptera. Species novas descripsit. Kongliga Svenska Fregatten Eugenies Resa omkring jorden. Zoologi. 6: 391-442.

Credits

 

Photographs © Simon van Noort (Iziko Museums of South Africa). Images taken with a Nikon DE2 SLR camera and Nikon 105mm macro lens using 35 mm slide film in 2003.

 

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Web author Simon van Noort (Iziko South African Museum)

 

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

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