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Metopius eritreae Morley

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

Metopius eritreae Morley 1912. Holotype: in the Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK).Type locality:

Distribution

Metopius eritreae_map

Ethiopa

Biology

Host: unknown

Reference

Morley, C. 1912. A revision of the Ichneumonidae based on the collection in the British Museum (Natural History) with descriptions of new genera and species Part I. Tribes Ophionides and Metopiides. British Museum, London. 88pp.

Credits

HOLOTYPE Metopius eritreae Photographs Aisha Mayekiso (Iziko) © The Natural History Museum, London.

Map illustration © 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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