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Astomaspis crassa (Morley)

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

Caenopimpla crassa Morley, 1926. Holotype: in Iziko South African Museum, Cape Town (SAMC). Type locality: Mfongosi, South Africa. Junior synonym of Astomaspis coelebs (Holmgren, 1868).

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Caenopimpla_crassa_SAM-HYM-P000410_labels_2 Imaged with Entovision system.

Distribution

South Africa.

Biology

Host: unknown.

References

Morley, C. 1926. On some South African Ichneumonidae in the collection of the South African Museum. Annals of the South African Museum 23: 435-481.
Townes, H.K. & Townes, M. 1973. A catalogue and reclassification of the Ethiopian Ichneumonidae. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute No.19. 416 pp.

Credits

Photographs © Simon van Noort or Aisha Mayekiso (Iziko Museums of South Africa).

Map illustration © Simon van Noort (Iziko Museums of South Africa).
 

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Citation: van Noort, S. 2024. WaspWeb: Hymenoptera of the World. URL: www.waspweb.org (accessed on <day/month/year>).

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