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Gelis latrodectiphagus (Hesse)

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

Pezomachus latrodectiphagus Hesse 1942. Holotype: in Iziko South African Museum, Cape Town (SAMC). Type locality: 

Distribution

Gelis latrodectiphagus_map

South Africa

Biology

 Host: Latrodectus indistinctus (Theridiidae)

Reference

 Hesse, A.J. 1942. The insect-food and Hymenopterous parasites of the South African poisonous "button spider" Latrodectus indistinctus Camb. Journal of the Entomological Society of South Africa. 5:45-63.

Credits

 HOLOTYPE Gelis latrodectiphagus Photographs Simon van Noort ©  Iziko Museums of South Africa.

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