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Enicospilus pacificus (Holmgren)

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

Ophion pacificus Holmgren 1868. Holotype: in Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet, Stockholm. Type locality: South Africa.

Synonym. Enicospilus sericatus (Tosquinet 1896). Holotype: in Museo Civico di Storia Naturale, Genoa. Type locality: Ethiopia

Distribution

Enicospilus pacificus_map

Angola, Central African Republic, Congo, Ethiopia, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Madagascar, Nigeria, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Yemen.

Biology

Host: unknown

Reference

Holmgren, A.E. 1868. Hymenoptera. Species novas descripsit. Kongliga Svenska Fregatten Eugenies Resa omkring jorden. Zoologi 6: 391-442.

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