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Xanthopimpla romani (Krieger)

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

Xanthopimpla romani Krieger 1915. Holotype: in Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet, Stockholm. Type locality:

Xanthopimpla appendiculata (junior synonum) Cameron 1906. Holotype: in South African Museum, Cape Town. Type locality:

Distribution

Xanthopimpla romani_map

Guinea, Democratic Republic of Congo, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, Madagascar, 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. missing 18-79 

Krieger, R. 1915. Über die Ichneumonidengattung Xanthopimpla Saussure. Archiv für Naturgeschichte. 80(7):1-152.

Credits

 HOLOTYPE Xanthopimpla appendiculata Photographs Simon van Noort © Iziko South African Museum, Cape Town.

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