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Diphyus balteatus (Morley)

Junior synonym of Diphyus lalandei (Brullé, 1846)

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

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

Distribution

Diphyus balteatus_map_HOLOTYPE

South Africa

Biology

 Host: unknown.

Reference

 Morley, C. 1916. On some South African Ichneumonidae in the collection of the South African Museum. Annals of the South African Museum 15: 353-400.

Credits

 Photographs © Aisha Mayekiso (Iziko Museums of South Africa).

Map illustration © Simon van Noort (Iziko Museums of South Africa).
 

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