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Metopius nigro-ornatus Cameron

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

Metopius nigro-ornatus Cameron 1906. Holotype: in South African Museum, Cape Town. Type locality:

Junior synonym of Metopius discolor

Distribution

Metopius nigro-ornatus_map

South Africa

Biology

Host: unknown

Reference

Cameron, P. 1906. Descriptions of new species of parasitic Hymenoptera chiefly in the collection of the South African Museum, Cape Town. Annals of the South African Museum. 5:17-186. missing 18-79

Credits

HOLOTYPE Metopius nigro-ornatus Photographs Aisha Mayekiso © Iziko South African Museum, Cape Town.

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