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Enicospilus antefurcalis (Szépligeti)

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

Henicospilus antefurcalis Szépligeti, 1908. Lectotype: in Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet, Stockholm. Type locality: Tanzania.

Henicospilus obscuriceps Enderlein, 1921. Holotype: in Warsaw (IZPAN). Type locality: Tanzania.

Distribution

Enicospilus antefurcalis_map

Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Madagascar, Nigeria, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbawe.

Biology

 Host: Eldana saccharina (Pyralidae).

Reference

 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

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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Citation: van Noort, S. 2026. WaspWeb: Hymenoptera of the World. URL: www.waspweb.org (accessed on <day/month/year>).

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