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Xanthophenax violaceus (Kriechbaumer)

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

Perithous violaceus Kriechbaumer 1896. Holotype in South African Museum, Cape Town. Type locality: South Africa

Distribution

Xanthophenax violaceus_map

South Africa

Biology

 Host: unknown

Reference

 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.

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