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Enicospilus abessyniensis (Szépligeti)
(Life:
Kingdom: Metazoa
(animals); Phylum: Arthropoda;
Class: Hexapoda;
Order: Hymenoptera;
Superfamily: Ichneumonoidea; Family: Ichneumonidae;
Subfamily: Ophioninae; Genus: Enicospilus)
Dicamptus
abessyniensis Szépligeti, 1907. Holotype: in
Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris (MNHN). Type locality: southern Ethiopia.
Allocamptus nigrinervis Szepligeti, 1908. Holotype: in Stockholm. Type locality:
Tanzania: Mombo in Usambara Mts. Name peoccupied in Enicospilus by Cameron, 1901 and by Szepligeti, 1906. Synonymy by Townes & Townes, 1973.
Allocamptus flavinervis Szepligeti, 1908. Holotype: in Stockholm. Type locality:
Tanzania: Kibongo, in cultivated area on Kilimanjaro. Synonymy by Townes & Townes, 1973.
Dicamptus abessyniensis Szepligeti, 1922. Holotype: in ? Type locality:
Ethiopia: Akaki, tributory on right bank.
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Distribution
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Afrotropical: Liberia,
Ivory Coast, Central African Republic, Ethiopia, Gabon, Congo,
Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, Tanzania, Angola, Madagscar, South Africa. Oriental:
Sri Lanka. |
Biology
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Hosts: Dasychira
compsa (Lymantriidae), Dasychira geoffreyi
(Lymantriidae), Dasychira rubrifilata (Lymantriidae), Psalis
pennatula (Lymantriidae) |
References
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Szépligeti,
G. 1907. Collections faites par M.le Baron Maurice de Rothschild dans
l'Afrique orientale, insectes Hyménoptčres: Ichneumonides. Bulletin
du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle. Paris. 13:136-139.
Szépligeti,
G. 1908. Hymenoptera: Braconidae & Ichneumonidae. In: Sjostedts
Y. "Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Schwedischen Zoologischen
Expedition nach dem Kilimandjaro, dem Meru und den umgebenden
Massaisteppen". pp 25-96. |
Credits
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Photographs by Tapani Hopkins and Emil Osterman CC BY-NC 4.0 Swedish Museum of Natural History, Stockholm.
Map illustration © Simon van Noort (Iziko Museums of South Africa). |
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Next genus: Eremotylus
Next species: Enicospilus addendus |
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