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Afrolongichneumon nigrifrons Heinrich

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

Afrolongichneumon nigrifrons Heinrich, 1968. Holotype in Zoologisches Staatsammlung, München. Type locality: Mbeya, 2000m, Tanzania.
 
Photographs taken in 2003 with handheld Nikon FE2, 105mm macro lens and 35mm slide film.
 
Photographs taken in 2022 with Leica LAS 4.11 multi-stacking imaging system.

Distribution

Tanzania.

Biology

 Host: unknown.

Reference

 Heinrich, G.H. 1968. Synopsis and reclassification of the Ichneumoninae Stenopneusticae of Africa south of Sahara (Hym.).Vol.V. Farmington State College Press. pp.943-1258.

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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