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Euryophion nigripennis Cameron

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

Euryophion nigripennis Cameron 1906. Holotype: in South African Museum, Cape Town. Type locality:

Distribution

Euryophion nigripennis_map

Nigeria, Chad, Uganda, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Botswana, South Africa

Biology

Host: Acanthocampa belina (Saturniidae)

Reference

Cameron, P. 1906. Descriptions of new species of parasitic Hymenoptera chiefly in the collection of the South African Museum, Cape Town. Annals of the South African Museum. 5:17-186. missing 18-79

Credits

HOLOTYPE Enicospilus nigripennis Photographs Aisha Mayekiso © Iziko Museums of Cape Town.

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