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Osprynchotus objurgator (Fabricius)

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

Ichneumon objurgator Fabricius, 1781. Holotype: in the Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK). Type locality: 

Distribution

Osprynchotus objurgator_map

Angola, Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Guinea, Kenya, Mozambique, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda.

Also Palaearctic: Libya.

Biology

 Host: Vespa calida (Vespidae).

Reference

 Fabricius, J.C. 1781. Species insectorum. Tom. I. Hamburgii et Kilonii. 552 pp.

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. 2024. WaspWeb: Hymenoptera of the World. URL: www.waspweb.org (accessed on <day/month/year>).

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