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Osprynchotus flaviceps Brullé

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

 Osprynchotus flaviceps Brullé 1846. Holotype: in Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris. Type locality: 

Distribution

Osprynchotus flaviceps_map

Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo,  Ethiopia, Guinea, Kenya, Senegal, South Africa, Sudan, Togo.

Biology

 Host: Vespa cornuta (Vespidae).

Reference

 Brullé, M.A. 1846. Tome Quatrième. Des Hyménoptères. Les Ichneumonides. In: Lepeletier de Saint-Fargeau A. "Histoire Naturelles des Insectes." Paris. 680 pp.

Credits

Photographs and map illustration © Simon van Noort (Iziko Museums of South Africa).
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Citation: van Noort, S. 2024. WaspWeb: Hymenoptera of the World. URL: www.waspweb.org (accessed on <day/month/year>).

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