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Phradis Förster

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

Phradis Förster 1869. Type species: Thersilochus (Phradis) brevis Brischke, 1880.

ClassificationIdentification keys

Phradis modestus Khalaim, 2007 (South Africa)

Phradis wolfgator Khalaim, 2007 (South Africa)

Distribution

Afrotropical: South Africa; also Nearctic and Palaearctic regions.

Biology

 

Reference

Förster, A. 1869. Synopsis der Familien und Gattungen der Ichneumonen. Verhandlungen des Naturhistorischen Vereins der Preussischen Rheinlande und Westfalens 25(1868): 135-221.  

Horstmann, K. 1971. Revision der europäischen Tersilochinen 1 (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae). Veröffentlichungen der Zoologischen Staatssammlung (München) 15:47-138. 

Khalaim, A. 2007. First records of Meggoleus, Heterocola and Phradis (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Tersilochinae) from the Afrotropical region, with description of four new species. African Invertebrates 48: 101-110.

Credits

Photographs by Nadene Smith © Iziko Museums.
 

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