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Ctenocalus cephalotus Szépligeti

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

Ctenocalus cephalotus Szépligeti 1908. Holotype: in Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet, Stockholm. Type locality:

Neotypus gravidus (junior synonym) Morley 1926. Holotype: in Iziko South African Museum, Cape Town (SAMC). Type locality:

Distribution

Ctenocalus cephalotus_map

Tanzania, South Africa

Biology

 Host: unknown.

Reference

 Morley, C. 1926. On some South African Ichneumonidae in the collection of the South African Museum. Annals of the South African Museum. 23:435-481.

Szépligeti, G. 1908. Hymenoptera: Braconidae & Ichneumonidae. In: Sjostedts Y. "Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Schwedischen Zoologischen Expedition nach dem Kilimandjaro, dem Meru und den umgebenden Massaisteppen". pp 25-96. missing 36-37.

Credits

 HOLOTYPE Neotypus gravidus Photographs Aisha Mayekiso © Iziko Museums.

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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