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Goryphus basimacula (Cameron)

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

Mesostenus basimacula Cameron 1905. Holotype: in the Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK).Type locality: Cape Colony

Distribution

Goryphus basimacula_map

Ghana, South Africa, Sudan.

Biology

 Hosts: Anadiasa undata (Lasiocampidae), Earias insulana (Nolidae), Trilocha kolga (Bombycidae).

Reference

 Cameron, P. 1905. On some new genera and species of Hymenoptera collected by the Rev. J.A. O'Neill, S.J., chiefly at Dunbrody, Cape Colony. Record of the Albany Museum. 1:245-265. (2008)

Credits

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

 

Citation: van Noort, S. 2025. WaspWeb: Hymenoptera of the World. URL: www.waspweb.org (accessed on <day/month/year>).

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