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Enicospilus biimpressus (Brullé)

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

Ophion bi-impressus Brullé 1846. Holotype: in Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris. Type locality:

Distribution

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Ivory Coast, Togo, Nigeria, Central African Republic, Nigeria, Ethiopia, Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Madagascar, South Africa

Biology

 Hosts: Achaea mormoides (Noctuidae), Catalebeda tamsi (Lasiocampidae), Eutricha capensis (Lasiocampidae), Pachypasa denticula (Lasiocampidae)

Reference

 Brullé, M.A. 1846. Tome Quatrième. Des Hyménoptères. Les Ichneumonides. In: Lepeletier de Saint-Fargeau A. "Histoire Naturelles des Insectes." Paris. 680 pp. pp. 56-324. (copied 55-324+index) missing Braconidae

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