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Enicospilus abessyniensis (Szépligeti)

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

Dicamptus abessyniensis Szépligeti 1907. Holotype: in Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris. Type locality:

Distribution

Enicospilus abessyniensis_map

Afrotropical: Liberia, Ivory Coast, Central African Republic, Ethiopia, Gabon, Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, Tanzania, Angola, Madagscar, South Africa, Oriental: Sri Lanka

Biology

 Hosts: Dasychira compsa (Lymantriidae), Dasychira geoffreyi (Lymantriidae), Dasychira rubrifilata (Lymantriidae), Psalis pennatula (Lymantriidae)

Reference

 Szépligeti, G. 1907. Collections faites par M.le Baron Maurice de Rothschild dans l'Afrique orientale, insectes Hyménoptčres: Ichneumonides. Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle. Paris. 13:136-139.

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