(Life: Kingdom: Metazoa (animals); Phylum: Arthropoda; Class: Hexapoda; Order: Hymenoptera; Superfamily: Ichneumonoidea; Family: Ichneumonidae; Subfamily: Rhyssinae; Genus Epirhyssa)
Epirhyssa villemantae Rousse & van Noort, 2014. Holotype: in the Natural History Museum London (BMNH). Type locality: Ilorin [06°48’N 05°18’E], Nigeria.
Nigeria.
Host: unknown.
Hopkins T, Roininen H, van Noort S, Broad GR, Kaunisto K, Sääksjärvi IE. 2019. Extensive sampling and thorough taxonomic assessment of Afrotropical Rhyssinae (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) reveals two new species and demonstrates the limitations of previous sampling efforts. ZooKeys 878: 33-71. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.878.37845
http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2014.91
Photographs by Pascal Rousse © (Iziko Museums of South Africa).
Map illustration © Simon van Noort (Iziko Museums of South Africa).
Next genus: Megarhyssa
Web author Simon van Noort (Iziko South African Museum)
Citation: van Noort, S. 2022. WaspWeb: Hymenoptera of the Afrotropical region. URL: www.waspweb.org (accessed on <day/month/year>).
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