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Parania prima Gauld

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

Parania prima Gauld 1980. Holotype: in Natural History Museum, London. Type locality: Kawanda, Uganda.

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Distribution

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South Africa, Botswana, Angola, Uganda, Nigeria

Biology

Hosts: Helicoverpa amigera (Hübner 1809) (Noctuidae) & Haritalodes derogata (Fabricius 1775) (Pyralidae).

Reference

 

Gauld, I.D. 1980. A synopsis of the Anomaloninae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) of sub-Saharan Africa with special reference to species of potential economic importance. Bulletin of Entomological Research 70: 33-41.  

Credits

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

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