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Enicospilus quietus (Seyrig)

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

Amesospilus quietus Seyrig 1935. Holotype: in Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris (MNHN). Type locality:

Distribution

Enicospilus quietus_map

Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Madagascar, South Africa

Biology

 Hosts: Agrapha limbirena (Noctuidae), Dasychira rubrifilata (Lymantriidae), Grammodes stolida (Noctuidae)

Reference

 Seyrig, A. 1935. Mission scientifique de l'Omo. Tome III. Fascicule 18. Hymenoptera, II. Ichneumonidae: Cryptinae, Pimplinae, Tryphoninae et Ophioninae. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris (MNHN). 4:1-100.

Credits

 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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