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Astomaspis rustica Townes

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

Astomaspis rustica Townes 1973. New name for secondary homonym (Caenoaulax striatus Cameron 1905). 

Caenoaulax striatus Cameron 1905 (Secondary homonym). Holotype: in Albany Museum, Grahamstown. Type locality: Grahamstown, South Africa

Distribution

South Africa.

Biology

 Host: unknown.

Reference

 Townes, H.K. and Townes, M. 1973. A catalogue and reclassification of the Ethiopian Ichneumonidae. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute. No.19. 416 pp.

Credits

 Photographs and 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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