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Neliopisthus decoratus Seyrig

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

Neliopisthus decoratus Seyrig, 1934. Holotype in Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris (MNHN). Type locality: Madagascar.


 
Photographs © Simon van Noort (Iziko Museums of South Africa), taken with a hand-held Nikon FE2, 35 mm slide film and 105 mm macro lens in 2003.

Distribution

Madagascar.

Biology

Host: unknown.

References

Bennett, AMR. 2015. Revision of the world genera of Tryphoninae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae). American Entomological Institute 86: 1–387.

Seyrig, A. 1934. Les Ichneumonides de Madagascar. II Ichneumonidae Tryphoninae et Supplement aux I. Pimplinae. Mémoires de l'Académie Malgache. 19:1-111.

Credits

Map illustration © Simon van Noort (Iziko Museums of South Africa).
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