Belesica pictipennis (Tosquinet)

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

Zachresta pictipennis Tosquinet 1896. Lectotype: in Institute Royal des Sciences Naturelles, Brussels. Type locality: Delagoa Bay = Maputo (Mozambique).

Distribution	Botswana, Mozambique.
Biology	Host: Cladocera nigroornata (Chrysomelidae, Coleoptera).
References	RousseP & van Noort S. 2014. Belesica madiba and Cremastus tutui (Ichneumonidae: Cremastinae), two entomological gems from South Africa. Zootaxa 3795: 161–173. http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3795.2.5 Tosquinet, J. 1896. Contributions à la faune entomologique de l'Afrique. Ichneumonides. Mémoires de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 5: 1-430.
Credits	Photographs by Pascal Rousse or by Simon van Noort © Iziko Museums of South Africa. Map illustration © Simon van Noort (Iziko Museums of South Africa).
	Next genus: Cremastus

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>).

Belesica pictipennis (Tosquinet)

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