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Orientospilus Morley

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

Orientospilus Morley 1912. Type species: Orientospilus individuus Morley 1912.

 

Orientospilus capitatus Gauld & Mitchell, 1978

 

Orientospilus melasma Townes, 1971

Distribution

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Afrotropical: Madagascar, South Africa, Oriental: India

Biology

Host: unknown

Reference

Morley, C. 1912. A revision of the Ichneumonidae based on the collection in the British Museum (Natural History) with descriptions of new genera and species Part I. Tribes Ophionides and Metopiides. British Museum, London. 88pp. (1792)

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