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Sericopimpla sericata (Kriechbaumer)

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

Philopsyche abdominalis (Synonym Morley 1916). Holotype: in South African Museum, Cape Town. Type locality

Distribution

Sericopimpla sericata_map

South Africa

Biology

Hosts: Kotochalia junodi (Psychidae)

Reference

Kriechbaumer, J. 1895. Hymenoptera nova exotica Ichneumonidae e collectione Dr. Rich. Kriegeri. Sitzungsberichte der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft zu Leipzig. 1893/4:124-136.  

Morley, C. 1916. On some South African Ichneumonidae in the collection of the South African Museum. Annals of the South African Museum. 15:353-400.

Credits

HOLOTYPE Philopsyche abdominalis Photographs Aisha Mayekiso (Iziko) © South African Museum, Cape Town.

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