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Ischnojoppa Kriechbaumer

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

Ischnojoppa Kriechbaumer 1898. Type species: Joppa lutea Fabricius 1804.

 

Ischnojoppa diversapex Heinrich, 1967

Ischnojoppa flavipennis (Brullé, 1846)

 

Ischnojoppa geniculata (Tosquinet, 1896)

  Ischnojoppa luteator (Fabricius, 1798)
  Ischnojoppa madagascariensis Heinrich, 1938

Ischnojoppa_melanopyga_HOLOTYPE   

 

Ischnojoppa melanopyga (Holmgren, 1868)

 

Ischnojoppa seyrigi Heinrich, 1938

Distribution

Ischnojoppa_map

Afrotropical: Senegal, Guinea, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Angola, Zimbabwe, Madagascar, South Africa, Indo-Australian: Australia, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Myanmar, Papa New Guinea, Philippines, Singapore, Sri lanka

Biology

 Hosts: Borbo cinnara (Hesperiidae), Parnara guttata (Hesperiidae), Pelopidas mathias (Hesperiidae), Pelopidas mathias orberthueri (Hesperiidae), Scirpophaga incertulas (Pyralidae), Scirpophaga nivella (Pyralidae), Sesamia calamistis (Noctuidae)

Reference

 Fabricius, J.C. 1804. Systema Piezatorum: secundum ordines, genera, species, adjectis synonymis, locis, observationibus, descriptionibus. Carolum Reichard, Brunsvigae. 439+32 pp.

Kriechbaumer, J. 1898. Die Gattung Joppa. Entomologische Nachrichten. 24(1/2):1-36.

Credits

 Map illustration © Simon van Noort (Iziko Museums of South Africa).
  Next genus: Jacotitypus

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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