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Dicamptus athi (Morley)

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

Henicospilus athi Morley, 1912. Holotype: in the Natural History Museum, London (BMNH). Type locality: Athi Rver, Kenya.

Junior synonym of Dicamptus braunsii (Kriechbaumer, 1894). Holotype: in Transvaal Museum, Pretoria (TMSA). Type locality: Insel Scherbro, Sierra Leone.
Holotype imaged 2003 with hand held Nikon FE2, 105 mm macro lens and 35mm slide film.

Distribution

Kenya.

Biology

 Host: unknown.

Reference

Morley, C. 1912. A revision of the Ichneumonidae based on the collection in the British Museum (Natural History) with descriptions of new genera and species Part I. Tribes Ophionides and Metopiides. British Museum, London. 88 pp.

Credits

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