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Camptotypus Kriechbaumer

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

Camptotypus Kriechbaumer 1889. Type species: Camptotypus sellatus Kriechbaumer.

Synonyms

Hemipimpla Saussure 1892. Type species: Hemipimpla pulchripennis Saussure (Synonymy: Sääksjävi, Gauld & Salo 2004)

Erythropimpla Ashmead 1900. Type species: Erythropimpla abbottii Ashmead.

Trichiothecus Cameron 1903. Type species: Trichiothecus ruficeps Cameron.

Cosmiopimpla Cameron 1905. Type species: Cosmiopimpla ferruginea Cameron.

Pleurodontoplax Enderlein 1914. Type species: Pleurodontoplax congoensis Enderlein.

Phruropimpla Benoit 1964. Type species: Hemipimpla flavicaput Morley.

Camptotypus accuratus (Tosquinet, 1896)
Camptotypus apicalis (Brullé, 1846)
 

Camptotypus caffer (Saussure, 1892 )

 

Camptotypus cognata (Tosquinet, 1896)

Camptotypus divisus (Tosquinet, 1896)

Camptotypus errans (Seyrig, 1932)

 

Camptotypus faceta (Enderlein, 1921)

Hemipimpla_ferruginea_HOLOTYPE

Camptotypus ferruginea (Cameron, 1905)

Camptotypus flavicans (Seyrig, 1932)

Camptotypus flavicaput (Morley, 1914)

 

Camptotypus maculatus (Pisica, 1984)

Camptotypus pulcher (Morley, 1914)
Camptotypus pulchripennis (Saussure, 1892 )

Camptotypus perforans (Seyrig, 1932)

Camptotypus simillimus (Morley, 1914)

Camptotypus simillimus divisellus (Morley, 1914)
 

Camptotypus superba (Szépligeti, 1908)

Camptotypus testaceus (Cameron) (India)

 

Camptotypus trifasciata (Szépligeti, 1908)

Camptotypus umbratus (Morley, 1914 )

Camptotypus verticellus (Morley, 1914)

 

Camptotypus vipioides (Brullé, 1846)  

Camptotypus vipioides imperfectus (Morley, 1914)
Camptotypus species (South Africa)

Distribution

Afrotropical, Australasian & Oriental regions.

Biology

Parasitoids of Lepidoptera (Drepanidae) and Hymenoptera (Vespidae, Polistinae).

References

Brooks RW & Wahl DB. 1987. Biology and mature larva of Hemipimpla pulchripennis (Saussure), a parasite of Rhopalidia (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae, Vespidae). Journal of the New York Entomological Society. 95: 547–552.

Keeping MG & Crewe RM. 1983. Parasitoids, commensals and colony size in nests of Belonogaster (Hymenoptera: Vespidae). Journal of the Entomological Society of Southern Africa. 46: 309–323.

Kriechbaumer J. 1889. Nova genera et species Pimplidarum. Entomologische Nachrichten 15: 307-312.

Sääksjävi IE, Gauld ID & Salo J. 2004. Phylogenetic evaluation of the tropical Camptotypus genus-group (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae), with a key to the world genera. Journal of Natural History 38: 2759-2778.

Credits

Photographs © 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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