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Enicospilus capensis (Thunberg)

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

Ichneumon capensis Thunberg 1822. Holotype: in Uppsala Universitet, Uppsala. Type locality:

Distribution

Enicospilus capensis_map

Afrotropical: Ethiopia, Kenya, Gabon, Madagascar, Indo-Australian: China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Oceanic: Seychelles

Biology

Host: Euproctis producta (Lymantriidae)

Reference

Thunberg, C.P. 1822. Ichneumonidea, Insecta Hymenoptera illustrata. Mémoires de l'Académie Imperiale des Sciences de Saint Petersbourg. 8:249-281

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