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Metopius hilaris Tosquinet

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

Metopius apophua Tosquinet 1896. Holotype: in South African Museum, Cape Town. Type locality:

Distribution

Metopius hilaris_map

Guinea, Zimbabwe, South Africa

Biology

Host: unknown

Reference

Tosquinet, J. 1896. Contributions à la faune entomologique de l'Afrique. Ichneumonides. Mémoires de la Société Entomologique de Belgique. 5:1-430.

Credits

HOLOTYPE Metopius apophua Photographs Aisha Mayekiso (Iziko) © South African Museum, Cape Town.

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