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Metopius lugubris Tosquinet

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

Metopius lugubris Tosquinet 1896. Holotype in Zoologisches Museum, Berlin. Type locality:
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Distribution

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Kenya, Mozambique, South Africa, Zimbabwe

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

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