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Phytodietus Gravenhorst

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

Phytodietus Gravenhorst, 1829. Type species: Phytodietus astutus Gravenhorst, 1829.

 

Phytodietus absyrtinus Seyrig, 1932

 

Phytodietus bredoi (Benoit, 1953)

 

Phytodietus citrinus (Seyrig, 1932)

 

Phytodietus concolor (Szépligeti, 1908)

 

Phytodietus joppinus Seyrig, 1932

 

Phytodietus meridionalis (Benoit, 1959)

 

Phytodietus syzeuctinus Seyrig, 1932

 

Phytodietus varicolor Seyrig, 1935

Phytodietus pearlus Kostro-Ambroziak, 2011

Distribution

 Worldwide.

Biology

 Host: Homona coffearia (Tortricidae).

References

Benoit, P.L.G. 1959. Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae (Banchinae, Bassinae, Pimplinae and Tryphoninae). South African Animal Life 6: 441-482.

Gravenhorst, J.L.C. 1829. Ichneumonologia Europaea. Pars II. Vratislaviae. 989 pp.

Kostro-Ambroziak, A. 2010. Phytodietus (Weisia) queenslandicus, a new species from Australia (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae). Annales Zoologici, 60(4): 553–557.

Kostro-Ambroziak, A. 2011. Phytodietus (Weisia) pearlus sp. nov. from South Africa (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae). Annales Zoologici (Warszawa) 61(4): 803-805.

Yu, D. S, van Achterberg, C. K. & K. Horstmann. 2005. World Ichneumonidae 2004. Taxonomy, Biology, Morphology and Distribution. CD/DVD. Taxapad, Vancouver, Canada. www.taxapad.com

Credits

 Photographs by Nadene Smith © Iziko Museums.
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Web author Simon van Noort (Iziko South African Museum)

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