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Plectiscus oblongus Varga

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

Plectiscus oblongus Varga, 2024. Holotype in ICIPE, Nairobi (ICIPE). Type locality: KENYA: Coast Prov., Taita Hills, Ngangao Forest, 3.36100º S, 38.34186º E, 1848 m, Malaise trap, indigenous forest, 29.11–13.12.2011, leg. R. Copeland.

Distribution

Kenya.

Biology

Host unknown.

References

Varga, O. 2024. Two new species of the genus Plectiscus Gravenhorst, 1829 (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae: Orthocentrinae) from Kenya. Zootaxa, 5453 (2), 291–297. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5453.2.10

Yu DSK, van Achterberg C, Horstmann K (2016) Taxapad 2016, World Ichneumonoidea 2015. Taxonomy, biology, morphology and distribution. Taxapad interactive catalogue database. Nepean, Ontario, Canada. [On flash-drive]

Credits

Photographs © OLEKSANDR VARGA (I. I. Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine).

 

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Web author Simon van Noort (Iziko South African Museum)

 

Citation: van Noort, S. 2026. WaspWeb: Hymenoptera of the World. URL: www.waspweb.org (accessed on <day/month/year>).

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