Sericopimpla sericata (Kriechbaumer)

Pimpla (Sericopimpla) sericata Kriechbaumer, 1895. Holotype lost. Type locality: Mozambique.

Philopsyche abdominalis Morley, 1916. Lectotype female in Iziko South African Museum, Cape Town (SAMC). Type locality: South Africa.

Pimpla areolaris Szépligeti, 1908. Lectotype in Stockholm. Type locality: Tanzania.

Exeristes areolaris occidentalis Roman, 1910. Lectotype in Stockholm. Type locality: Democratic Republic of Congo.




Lectotype female Philopsyche abdominalis Morley, 1916. SAM-HYM-P000049a (SAMC). Designated by Townes & Townes, 1973. Imaged 2025 by Simon van Noort.







Paratype male Philopsyche abdominalis Morley, 1916. SAM-HYM-P000049b (SAMC). Imaged 2025 by Simon van Noort.






Lectotype female Philopsyche abdominalis Morley, 1916. SAM-HYM-P000049a (SAMC). Designated by Townes & Townes, 1973. Imaged 2005 by Aisha Mayekiso.

Distribution	Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Madagascar, Mozambique, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania.
Biology	Hosts: Kotochalia junodi (Psychidae) feeding on Acacia mollissima.
References	Kriechbaumer, J. 1895. Hymenoptera nova exotica Ichneumonidae e collectione Dr. Rich. Kriegeri. Sitzungsberichte der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft zu Leipzig. 1893/4:124-136. Morley, C. 1916. On some South African Ichneumonidae in the collection of the South African Museum. Annals of the South African Museum. 15:353-400.
Credits	Photographs © Simon van Noort or Aisha Mayekiso (Iziko Museums of South Africa). 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>).