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Xanthophenax nigricornis (Cameron)

Junior synonym of Xanthophenax concolor concolor (Brullé 1846)

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

Holcopimpla nigricornis Cameron 1906. Syntype: in Iziko South African Museum, Cape Town (SAMC). Type locality: South Africa

Distribution

Kenya, South Africa, Tanzania

Biology

Host: unknown

References

Brullé, M.A. 1846. Tome Quatrième. Des Hyménoptères. Les Ichneumonides. In: Lepeletier de Saint-Fargeau A. "Histoire Naturelles des Insectes." Paris. 680 pp. pp. 56-324.

Cameron, P. 1906. Descriptions of new species of parasitic Hymenoptera chiefly in the collection of the South African Museum, Cape Town. Annals of the South African Museum 5: 17-186.

Credits

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Photographs © Aisha Mayekiso (Iziko Museums).

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