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Dicamptus Szépligeti

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

Dicamptus Szépligeti 1905. Type species: Dicamptus giganteus Szépligeti 1905 & Viereck 1914.

 

Dicamptus banqui Delobel, 1976

 

Dicamptus bantu Delobel, 1976

Ophion_braunsii

Dicamptus braunsii (Kriechbaumer, 1894)

 

 

Dicamptus betsileo Delobel, 1976

Dicamptus_crassellus_HOLOTYPE

Dicamptus crassellus (Morley, 1917)

 

 

Dicamptus kelnerae Delobel, 1976

 

Dicamptus neavei Gauld & Mitchell, 1978

Ophion_pellucidus

Dicamptus pellucides (Kriechbaumer, 1894)

Dicamptus pulchellus (Morley, 1912)

 

 

Dicamptus seyrigi Delobel, 1976

 

Dicamptus tampus Gauld & Mitchell, 1978

 

Dicamptus townesi Delobel, 1976

 

Dicamptus xhosa Delobel, 1976

Distribution

Dicamptus_map

Afrotropical: Sudan, Ethiopia, Nigeria, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo,  Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, Mozambique,  Madagascar, South Africa, Indo-Australian: China, India, Indonesia, Japan

Biology

Hosts: Dendrolimus punctatus (Lasiocampidae), Dendrolimus spectabilis (Lasiocampidae), Eupterote sp. (Eupterotidae)

Reference

Szépligeti, G. 1905. Hymenoptera. Ichneumonidae (Gruppe Ophionoidea), subfam. Pharsaliinae-Porizontinae. Genera Insectorum. 34:1-68.

Credits

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