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Rhopalophion discinervus (Morley)

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

Ophion discenervus Morley 1926. Holotype: in Iziko South African Museum, Cape Town (SAMC). Type locality:
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Rhopalphion_discinervus_HOLOTYPE

 

Distribution

Rhopalophion discinervus_map

Ivory Coast, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Angola, Zimbabwe, South Africa

Biology

 Host: unknown

Reference

 Morley, C. 1926. On some South African Ichneumonidae in the collection of the South African Museum. Annals of the South African Museum. 23:435-481.

Credits

 HOLOTYPE Rhopalophion discinervus Photographs Aisha Mayekiso © Iziko Museums.

Map illustration © Simon van Noort (Iziko Museums of South Africa).
  Next genus: Simophion             Next species: Rhopalophion divergens

Web author Simon van Noort (Iziko South African Museum)

 

Citation: van Noort, S. 2024. WaspWeb: Hymenoptera of the World. URL: www.waspweb.org (accessed on <day/month/year>).

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