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Enicospilus finalis Gauld & Mitchell

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

Enicospilus finalis Gauld & Mitchell 1978. Holotype: in American Entomological Institute, Florida. Type locality:

Distribution

Enicospilus finalis_map

Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Uganda, Kenya, Angola, Madagascar, South Africa

Biology

 Host: Dysgonia palpalis (Noctuidae)

Reference

 Gauld, I.D. and Mitchell, P.A. 1978. The taxonomy, distribution and host preferences of African parasitic wasps of the subfamily Ophioninae. CAB:Slough. Commonwealth Institute of Entomology, London. 287pp.

Credits

 PARATYPE Enicospilus finalis in Albany Museum, Grahamstown. Photographs Simon van Noort (Iziko) © Albany Museum, Grahamstown. 

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