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Enicospilus natalensis (Kriechbaumer)

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

Ophion natalensis Kriechbaumer 1894. Holotype: in Transvaal Museum, Pretoria. Type locality: Durban, South Africa

Distribution

Enicospilus natalensis_map

Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, Madagascar, South Africa

Biology

 Host: unknown

Reference

 Kriechbaumer, J. 1894. Hymenoptera Ichneumonidae a medico nautico Dr. Joh. Brauns in itinere secundo ad oras Africae lecta. Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift. 39:297-318.

Credits

 HOLOTYPE Ophion natalensis Photographs Simon van Noort (Iziko) © Transvaal Museum, Pretoria.

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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