Junior synonym of Afromelanichneumon russulus (Tosquinet, 1896)
(Life: Kingdom: Metazoa (animals); Phylum: Arthropoda; Class: Hexapoda; Order: Hymenoptera; Superfamily: Ichneumonoidea; Family: Ichneumonidae; Subfamily: Ichneumoninae; Genus: Afromelanichneumon)
Coelichneumon petiolaris Morley 1917. Holotype in Iziko South African Museum, Cape Town (SAMC). Type locality: South Africa
South Africa
Tosquinet, J. 1896. Contributions à la faune entomologique de l'Afrique. Ichneumonides. Mémoires de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 5: 1-430.
Photographs © Aisha Mayekiso (Iziko Museums of South Africa).
Map illustration © Simon van Noort (Iziko Museums of South Africa).
Next genus: Afromevesia Next species: Afromelanichneumon silvaemontis
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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