HomeWasp classificationExpeditionsLinksFigWebBiodiversity ExplorerPermits

 

Megastylus Schiødte

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

Megastylus Schiødte 1838. Type species: Megastylus cruentator Schiødte 1838.

 

Megastylus aethiopicus Benoit,1955

 

Megastylus princeps Benoit,1955

 

Megastylus semiluteus Benoit,1955

 

Megastylus vagabundus Seyrig,1934

Distributions

Worldwide

Biology

Hosts: Eriocampa ovata (Tenthresinidae), Eutomostethus ephippium (Tenthredinoidea), Macrocera sp. (Keropplatidae), Orfelia inops (Keroplatidae), Platyura sp. (Mycetophilidae)

Reference

Schiødte, G. 1838. Ichneumonidarum ad faunam Daniae pertinentium, genera et species novae. Revue Zoologique par la Société Cuvierienne. 1:139-141. (5932)

Credits

 

Page developed by Aisha Mayekiso.

 

Next genus: Orthocentrus


Web page development by Simon van Noort (Iziko South African Museum)

Copyright 2004-2008 Iziko Museums of Cape Town