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Enicospilus brevicornis (Masi)

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

Amesospilus brevicornis Masi 1939. Holotype in Museo Civico di Storia Naturale, Genoa. Type locality: Mega, Ethiopia.

Distribution

Enicospilus brevicornis_map

Afrotropical region: Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Yemen. Palaearctic region: Egypt, Saudi Arabia.

Biology

Host: unknown

Reference

Masi, L. 1939. Hymenoptera, Chalcididae, Cynipidae, Ichneumonidae, Braconidae, Bethylidae. Missione Biologica nel Paese dei Borana 3: 21-36.

Credits

Photographs © Simon van Noort & Museo Civico di Storia Naturale, Genoa.

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