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Euryophion latipennis (Kirby)

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

Ophion latipenne Kirby 1896. Holotype: in The Natural History Museum, London. Type locality:

Distribution

Euryophion latipennis_map

Angola, Democratic Republic of Congo, Central African Republic, Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal, Uganda, Zimbabwe

Biology

Host: Bunaea caffraria (Saturniinae), Imbrasia macrothyris (Saturniinae), Janomima westwoodi (Eupterotidae)

Reference

Kirby, W.F. 1896. A list of the Orthoptera, Hymenoptera and Hemiptera collected by Miss Kingley on the River Ogove, with descriptions of some new genera and species. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (6)18:257-269.

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