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Protoleptops angolae (Heinrich)

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

Apatetorops angolae Heinrich, 1967. Holotype in Zoologisches Staatsammlung, München (ZSM). Type locality: Angola, Cuanza Norte, Roca Canzele, 30 km north of Quiculungo, Mar. 1954.
 

Photographs taken by Simon van Noort in 2003 with handheld Nikon FE2, 105mm macro lens and 35mm slide film.

Distribution

Angola, Uganda.

Biology

 Host: unknown.

References

Dal Pos D, De Ketelaere A, Di Giovanni F. 2024. Revision of the Afrotropical genus Protoleptops Heinrich, 1967 (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Ichneumoninae), with description of a new species from Burundi. ZooKeys 1214: 197–216. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1214.131071.

Heinrich, G.H. 1967. Synopsis and reclassification of the Ichneumoninae Stenopneusticae of Africa south of Sahara (Hym.).Vol.I. Farmington State College Press. pp. 1-250.

Credits

 Photographs © Simon van Noort (Iziko Museums of South Africa), or © Augustijn De Ketelaere.

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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