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Afrocoelichneumon_natalensis_HOLOTYPE

Afrocoelichneumon pulcher (Morley)

(Life: Kingdom: Metazoa (animals); Phylum: Arthropoda; Class: Hexapoda; Order: Hymenoptera;  Superfamily: Ichneumonoidea; Family: Ichneumonidae; Subfamily: Ichneumoninae; Genus: Afrocoelichneumon)

Melanichneumon pulcher Morley, 1916. Holotype: in Iziko South African Museum, Cape Town (SAMC). Type locality: South Africa.

Junior synonym of Afrocoelichneumon natalensis (Cameron, 1906).

Distribution

South Africa, Zimbabwe.

Biology

Host: unknown.

Reference

Cameron, P. 1906. Descriptions of new species of parasitic Hymenoptera chiefly in the collection of the South African Museum, Cape Town. Annals of the South African Museum. 5:17-186.

Credits

Photographs by Aisha Mayekiso © Iziko Museums of South Africa.

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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