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Enicospilus sericatus (Tosquinet)

 

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

Ophion sericatus Tosquinet, 1896. Holotype in Museo Civico di Storia Naturale, Genoa. Type locality: Ethiopia.

Junior synonym of Enicospilus pacificus (Holmgren, 1868).
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Holotype of Enicospilus sericatus (Tosquinet, 1896) in Museo Civico di Storia Naturale, Genoa.

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

Distribution

Ethiopia.

Biology

 Host: unknown.

Reference

Holmgren, A.E. 1868. Hymenoptera. Species novas descripsit. Kongliga Svenska Fregatten Eugenies Resa omkring jorden. Zoologi 6: 391-442.

Credits

Photographs and 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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