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Phorotrophus alcides (Wilkinson)

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

Phaenolobus alcides Wilkinson 1930. Holotype: in Natural History Museum, London. Type locality: Morogoro, Tanzania

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Distribution

 

Distribution maps/Liberia DRC Uganda Kenya Tanzania

Liberia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania

Biology

Host: Alcides erythropterus (Chevrolat) (Curculionidae)

Reference

Wilkinson, D.S. 1930. New species and host records of Ichneumonidae and Braconidae. Bulletin of Entomological Research 21: 147-158.

Credits

HOLOTYPE Phaenolobus alcides Photographs Simon van Noort (Iziko Museums of Cape Town) © Natural History Museum, London.

 

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