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Venturia peringueyi (Cameron) 

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

Limnerium peringueyi Cameron 1906. Holotype: in Iziko South African Museum, Cape Town (SAMC). Type locality: 

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Junior synonym: Limnerium areolatum Cameron 1906. Holotype: in Iziko South African Museum, Cape Town (SAMC). Type locality: 
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Distribution

South Africa.

Biology

Host: Cyndia pomonella (Tortricoidea).

Reference

 Cameron, P. 1906. Descriptions of new species of parasitic Hymenoptera chiefly in the collection of the South African Museum, Cape Town. Annals of the South African Museum. 5:17-186.

Credits

 Photographs by Aisha Mayekiso © Iziko Museums of South Africa. 
Map illustration © Simon van Noort (Iziko Museums of South Africa).

Web author Simon van Noort (Iziko South African Museum)

 

Citation: van Noort, S. 2024. WaspWeb: Hymenoptera of the World. URL: www.waspweb.org (accessed on <day/month/year>).

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