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Encardia picta Tosquinet

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

Encardia picta Tosquinet 1896. Holotype: in Institute Royal des Sciences Naturelles, Brussels. Type locality: Lavitoukou, Democratic Republic of Congo.

Synonyms: Herus sagus Tosquinet 1903; Ctenotoma fuscipennis Cameron 1906; Ctenotoma nigriceps Cameron 1906; Ctenotoma ruficeps Cameron 1906; Ctenocaloides rufus Fahringer 1936; Ctenocaloides anareolatus Fahringer 1936; Ctenocaloides anthereae Fahringer 1936; Encardia buneae Benoit 1952; Encardia burgeoni Benoit 1952; Encardia leiura Benoit 1964. 

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Distribution

Distribution_of_Encardia_picta

South Africa, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Central African Republic and Niger

Biology

Parasitoids of Emperor moth larvae (Saturniidae)

Credits

 

HOLOTYPE Encardia picta Photographs Simon van Noort (Iziko Museums of Cape Town) © Institute Royal des Sciences Naturelles, Brussels.

 

Paratype male in Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, Tervuren.

References

Tosquinet, J. 1896. Contributions à la faune entomologique de l'Afrique. Ichneumonides. Mémoires de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 5: 1-430.

Tosquinet, J. 1903. Ichneumonides nouveaux. (Travail posthume). Mémoires de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 10:1-403.

Credits

PARATYPE Encardia picta Photographs Simon van Noort (Iziko Museums of Cape Town) © Africa Museum (Tervuren).

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