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Osprynchotus_capensis_HOLOTYPE

Osprynchotus violator (Thunberg)

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

Ichneumon violator Thunberg, 1789. Holotype in Uppsala Universitet, Sweden. Type locality: 

Osprynchotus capensis Spinola, 1841. Holotype in Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali, Torino. Type locality: Cape of Good Hope (South Africa).

Distribution

 Ethiopia, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania.

Biology

Host: Vespa cornuta (Vespidae).

References

Spinola, M. 1841. G. Osprynchote. Osprynchotus. Guerin's Magasine de Zoologie. Insectes. XI. Pl.75:1-6.

Thunberg, C.P. 1789. Donation. Thunbergianae 1785. Continuat. V. In: "Museum naturalium Academiae Upsaliensis. Pars. VII." Upsaliae. (Ichneumon on pp. 85-87)  

Credits

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

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