Distribution
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Madagascar. |
Biology
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Host: Parasa
reginula Saalmüller (Lepidoptera: Limacodidae) on Sclerocary
caffra [marula, sakoa], P. ebenaui (Saalmüller) on Ricinus
communis [castor bean, and Latoia albifrons Guérin-Méneville
(Lepidoptera: Limacodidae) on unknown host plant. |
Diagnosis
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Orange species with a black and pale yellow head,
characterized by the absence of propodeal carination. Propodeum covered
with coarse punctures and concentric wrinkles at apex (Rousse et al.,
2011). |
References
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Rousse, P., Villemant, C. & Seyrig, A.
2011.
Ichneumonid wasps from Madagascar. 5. Ichneumonidae Cremastinae.
Zootaxa, 3118, 1-30.
Townes,
H.K. 1971. The genera of Ichneumonidae, Part 4. Memoirs of the American
Entomological Institute. No.17. 372pp. |
Credits
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Photographs by Agnièle Touret-Alby ©
MNHN (specimens database http://coldb.mnhn.fr).
Map illustration © Simon van Noort (Iziko Museums of South Africa). |
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