Parania tricolor (Szépligeti)

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

Atrometus tricolor Szépligeti 1906. Holotype: in Termeszettudomanyi Muzeum Allatara, Budapest. Type locality:

Parania nototrachoides Morley 1913 (junior synonym). Type of genus. Holotype: in Natural History Museum, London. Type locality: Parana, Brazil.

Distribution

Brazil, Paraguay, Uraguay

Biology

Host: Spodoptera frugiperda (Smith 1797) (Noctuidae)

References

Morley, C. 1913. A revision of the Ichneumonidae based on the collection in the British Museum (Natural History) with descriptions of new genera and species. Part II. Tribes Rhyssides, Echthromorphides, Anomalides and Paniscides. London, British Museum. 140pp.

Szépligeti, G. 1906. Neue exotische Ichneumoniden aus der Sammlung des Ungarischen National Museums. Annales Musei Nationalis Hungarici 4: 119-156.

Credits

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

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