HomeWasp classificationExpeditionsLinksFigWebBiodiversity ExplorerPermits
Costifrons_parvidens_HOLOTYPE

Costifrons Townes

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

Costifrons Townes, 1970. Type species: Costifrons rufibasis Townes, 1970.

 

Costifrons kolleri (Cameron, 1912)

  Costifrons obesus (Tosquinet, 1896)
Costifrons_parvidens_HOLOTYPE

Costifrons parvidens (Cameron, 1906)

 

Costifrons pernix (Tosquinet, 1896)

 

Costifrons pulcher (Szépligeti, 1916)

  Costifrons rufibasis Townes, 1970
  Costifrons rufolineatus (Cameron, 1912)

 

Costifrons severus (Tosquinet, 1896)

 

Costifrons testaceus (Morley, 1916)

Distribution

Costifrons_map

Angola, Democratic Republic of Congo, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tanzania, Togo.

Also Palaearctic: Egypt,

Biology

 Host: Drendrolimus sp. (Lasiocampidae).

Reference

 Townes, H.K. 1970. The genera of Ichneumonidae, Part 2. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute. No.12.(1969) 537pp.

Credits

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

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>).

Copyright 2004-2024 Iziko Museums of South Africa

customisable counter