Distribution
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Madagascar. |
Biology
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Host unknown. |
Diagnosis
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Large species characterized by a combination of tricolor
pattern, and the mandible broad and twisted with the lower tooth
distinctly longer than the upper one (Rousse et al., 2011). |
Etymology
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Refers to the coloration pattern: “telo loko” means
“three colors” in the Malagasy language. |
References
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Gauld, I.D.
1980. Notes on an economically important species of Temelucha
Forster (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) and a preliminary key to Australian
species. Bulletin of Entomological Research. 70, 43–47.
Morley, C. 1913. The fauna of British
India including Ceylon and Burma, Hymenoptera, Vol.3. Ichneumonidae. London,
British Museum. 531pp.
Rousse, P. & Villemant, C. 2012.
Ichneumons in Reunion Island: a catalogue of the local
Ichneumonidae (Hymenoptera) species, including 15 new taxa and a key to species.
Zootaxa 3278: 1–57.
Rousse, P., Villemant, C. & Seyrig, A.
2011.
Ichneumonid wasps from Madagascar. 5. Ichneumonidae Cremastinae.
Zootaxa, 3118, 1-30.
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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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Next genus:
Trathala |
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