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Syngaster lepidus Brullé

(Life: Kingdom: Metazoa (animals); Phylum: Arthropoda; Class: Hexapoda; Order: Hymenoptera;  Superfamily: Ichneumonoidea; Family: Braconidae; Subfamily: Doryctinae; Genus: Syngaster)

Syngaster lepidus Brulle, 1846.

ClassificationDoryctinae keys

Female  
 
   
Male  

Biology

Parasitoids of xylophagus Coleoptera larvae (Cerambycidae, Phoracantha species).

Distribution

Australasian. Introduced to South Africa.

References

Brullé, M.A. 1846. Histoire naturelle des insectes. Hyménoptères. Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret, Paris. Vol. 4: i-viii; 1-680; pls. 37-48.

Brulle, M.A. 1846. Tome Quatrieme. Des Hymenopteres. Les Ichneumonides. In: Lepeletier de Saint-Fargeau A. Histoire Naturelles des Insectes. Paris. 680 pp. pp. 56-521.

Credits

Photographs © Simon van Noort (Iziko Museums of South Africa).


Web author Simon van Noort (Iziko South African Museum)

 

Citation: van Noort, S. 2026. WaspWeb: Hymenoptera of the World. URL: www.waspweb.org (accessed on <day/month/year>).

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