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Neliopisthus Thomson

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

Neliopisthus Thomson 1883. Type species: Phytodiaetus elegans Ruthe 1855.

Neliopisthus decoratus Seyrig, 1934

Neliopisthus mahombo Seyrig, 1934

Distribution

Madagascar.

Biology

Hosts: Coloephora alticolella (Coleophoridae), Coloephora ardeaepennella (Coleophoridae), Coleophora binderella (Coleophoridae), Coleophora lutipennella (Coleophoridae), Coleophora serratella (Coleophoridae), Coleotechnites atrupictellus (Gelechiidae), Coleotechnites canusella (Gelechiidae), Coleotechnites piceaella (Gelechiidae), Dioryctria abietivorella (Pyralidae), Gelechia mulinella (Gelechiida), Holocerina immaculella (Saturniidae), Psilocorsis sp. (Despressariidae), Recurvaria piceaella (Gelechiidae)

References

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

Ruthe, J.F. 1855. Beiträge zur Geschichte der Ichneumoniden. Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung. 16(3):79-89.

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

Thomson, C.G. 1883. XXXII. Bidrag till kännedom om Skandinaviens Tryphoner. Opuscula Entomologica. Lund. IX:873-936.

Credits

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