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Sericopimpla

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

Sericopimpla Kriechbaumer 1895. Type species: Pimpla sericata Viereck 1914.

Sericopimpla_sericata_HOLOTYPE

Sericopimpla sericata (Kriechbaumer,1895)

 

 

 

Distribution

Afrotropical: Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, Madagascar, Indo-Australian: Australia, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Papa New Guinea, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Holarctic: Korea, Nepal, Pakistan, Oceanic: New Caledon, Solom Islands, Vanuatu

Biology

 Hosts: Chrysomelidae, Helialidae, Lasiocampidae, Psychidae

Reference

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

Viereck, H.L. 1914. Type species of the genera of Ichneumon flies. United States National Museum Bulletin. No.83. 186pp.

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