Holotype in BMNH imaged 2003 with hand held Nikon FE2 SLR,
105 mm macro lens and 35mm slide film. |
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Distribution
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Angola, Democratic
Republic of Congo, Central African Republic, Congo, Gabon, Ghana,
Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal, Uganda, Zimbabwe. |
Biology
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Host: Bunaea
caffraria (Saturniinae), Imbrasia macrothyris (Saturniinae),
Janomima westwoodi (Eupterotidae). |
References
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Gauld, I.D. & Mitchell, P.A. 1978.
The taxonomy, distribution and host preferences of African parasitic
wasps of the subfamily Ophioninae (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae).
Commonwealth Institute of Entomology, Slough, England, 287 pp.
Kirby, W.F.
1896. A list of the
Orthoptera, Hymenoptera and Hemiptera collected by Miss Kingley on the River
Ogove, with descriptions of some new genera and species. Annals and Magazine
of Natural History (6)18: 257-269. |
Credits
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Photographs
© Simon van Noort (Iziko Museums of South Africa). |
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Next genus:
Laticoleus
Next species:
Euryophion meridionalis |
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