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Camptotypus pulchripennis (Saussure)

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

Hemipimpla pulchripennis Saussure, 1892. Holotype: in Muséum national d'Historie naturelle, Paris (MNHN). Type locality: Fianarantsoa, Madagascar.
Images taken in 2003 with hand held Nikon FE2, 105mm macro lens and 35mm slide film by Simon van Noort.

 

Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, Paris (France); Collection: Insects - Hymenoptera (EY); Specimen MNHN-EY-EY9356

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/ey/ey9356

 

Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, Paris (France); Collection: Insects - Hymenoptera (EY); Specimen MNHN-EY-EY9357

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/ey/ey9357

 
Non types in Berlin.

Distribution

Guinea, Madagascar.

Biology

 Parasitoid of Ropalidia formosa (Vespidae, Hymenoptera).

Reference

 Saussure, H. de. 1892. Hymenopteres. In: Grandidier A. "Histoire physique naturelle et politique de Madagascar. 20." Paris. 590 pp.

Credits

 Photographs and map illustration © Simon van Noort (Iziko Museums of South Africa).
  Next genus: Clistopyga

Web author Simon van Noort (Iziko South African Museum)

 

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

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