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Protoleptops farquharsoni (Heinrich)

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

Apatetorops farquharsoni Heinrich, 1967. Holotype Type-No.: ZSM-Hym-00242:in Zoologisches Staatsammlung, München (ZSM). Type locality: South Africa, Eastern Cape Prov., King Williams Town, Peeree forest [= Pirie Forest].
 

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

Distribution

South Africa.

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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Citation: van Noort, S. 2025. WaspWeb: Hymenoptera of the World. URL: www.waspweb.org (accessed on <day/month/year>).

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