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Phorotrophus limpidus Benoit

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

Phorotrophus limpidus Benoit 1955. Holotype: in Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, Tervuren. Type locality:

Distribution

 

Phorotrophus limpidus_map

Democratic Republic of Congo

Biology

Host: Paremydica kolea (Curculioninae)

Reference

Benoit, P.L.G. 1955. Contributions a l'étude des Ichneumonidae africains (Hymenoptera). I. Annales du Musée Royal du Congo Belge, Sciences Zoologiques. 38:1-55. 

Credits

 

HOLOTYPE Phorotrophus limpidus Photographs Simon van Noort (Iziko Museums) © Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, Tervuren.

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