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Nematocryptus testaceus Szépligeti

(Life: Kingdom: Metazoa (animals); Phylum: Arthropoda; Class: Hexapoda; Order: Hymenoptera;  Superfamily: Ichneumonoidea; Family: Ichneumonidae; Subfamily: Cryptinae; Tribe: Cryptini; Genus: Nematocryptus)

Neomesostenus testaceus Szepligeti, 1916. Holotype: in Termeszettudomanyi Muzeum Allattara, Budapest. Type locality: 

Goryphus aello Morley, 1917. Holotype: in South African Museum, Cape Town (SAMC). Type locality: 

Neomesostenus pallidus Kriechbaumer, 1894. Holotype: in Ditsong Museum, Pretoria (TMSA). Type locality: Gabon, West Africa.

Distribution

Nematocryptus testaceus_map

Cameroon, Gabon, Mozambique, South Africa.

Biology

 Host: unknown.

References

Kriechbaumer, J. 1894. Hymenoptera Ichneumonidea a medico nautico Dr. Joh. Brauns in itinere ad oras Africae occidentalis lecta. Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift. 39:43-68. (6062)

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.

Szépligeti, G. 1916. Ichneumoniden aus der Sammlung des ungarischen National-Museums. II. Annales Musei Nationalis Hungarici. 14:225-380.

Credits

 Photographs and map illustration © Simon van Noort (Iziko Museums of South Africa).
 

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