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Xanthocampoplex oneili (Cameron)

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

Campoplex oneili Cameron, 1905. Holotype in Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK). Type locality: Dunbrody, Cape, South Africa. 

Xanthocampoplex flavescens Morley, 1917. Holotype in Iziko South African Museum, Cape Town (SAMC). Type locality: Mfongosi, Zululand, South Africa. Junior synonym.

Imaged in 2023 with resident NHMUK Canon stacking system.


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Imaged in 2003 with handheld Nikon FE2, 105mm macro lens, and 35mm slide film.


 

Distribution

Kenya, South Africa.

Biology

Host: unknown.

References

Cameron, P. 1905. On some new genera and species of Hymenoptera from Cape Colony and Transvaal. Transactions of the South African Philosophical Society 15: 195-257.

Morley, C. 1917. On some South African Ichneumonidae in the collection of the South African Museum. Annals of the South African Museum 17: 191-229.

Credits

Photographs © Simon van Noort (Iziko South African Museum).

Web author Simon van Noort (Iziko South African Museum)

 

Citation: van Noort, S. 2025. WaspWeb: Hymenoptera of the World. URL: www.waspweb.org (accessed on <day/month/year>).

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