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Hemimetopius Benoit

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

Hemimetopius Benoit 1955. Type species: Hemimetopius kayoveanus Benoit 1955.

Hemimetopius angulitarsis Benoit, 1955

Hemimetopius kayoveanus Benoit, 1955

Distribution

 

Hemimetopius_map

Liberia, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda.

Biology

Host: Mussidia nigrivenella (Phycitinae).

Reference

Benoit, P.L.G. 1955. Contributions a l'etude de la faune entomologique de Ruanda-Urundi (Missions P. Basilewsky 1953). XXXVIII. Hymenoptera Ichneumonidae (Pars 1). Annales du Musée Royal du Congo Belge, Sciences Zoologiques. 36: 329-346

Credits

Photographs © Simon van Noort (Iziko Museums of South Africa)

 

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

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