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Dicamptus braunsii (Kriechbaumer)

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

Ophion braunsii Kriechbaumer 1894. Holotype: in Transvaal Museum, Pretoria. Type locality: Insel Scherbro, Sierrre Leone.

 

Ophion rufus Kriechbaumer 1894. Junior synonum. (Synonymy by Gauld & Mitchell 1978)

Credits

 HOLOTYPES Ophion braunsii Photographs Simon van Noort (Iziko) © Transvaal Museum, Pretoria.

 

Distribution

Dicamptus braunsii_map

Ethiopia, Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania,  Angola, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, South Africa

Biology

 Host: unknown

Reference

 Kriechbaumer, J. 1894. Hymenoptera Ichneumonidea a medico nautico Dr. Joh. Brauns in itinere ad oras Africae occidentalis lecta. Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift. 39:43-68.

Credits

 HOLOTYPES Ophion rufus Photographs Simon van Noort (Iziko) © Transvaal Museum, Pretoria.

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