Distribution
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Madagascar, Reunion. |
Biology
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Host: unknown. |
Diagnosis
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A medium to large species with
characteristic mottled coloration pattern of mesosoma. Size of this
species is highly variable: fore wing length ranging from 7 to 18 mm (Rousse
& Villemant, 2012; Seyrig, 1932). |
References
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Rousse, P. & Villemant, C. 2012.
Ichneumons in Reunion Island: a catalogue of the local
Ichneumonidae (Hymenoptera) species, including 15 new taxa and a key to species.
Zootaxa 3278: 1–57.
Seyrig, A. 1932.
Les Ichneumonides de Madagascar. I Ichneumonidae Pimplinae. Mémoires de l'Académie Malgache.
Fascicule 11. 183pp.
Yu D.S., van Achterberg, K.,
Horstmann, K. 2011. World Ichneumonoidea 2011.
Taxonomy, biology, morphology and distribution. Available from
Vancouver, Canada: Taxapad.
www.taxapad.com
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Credits
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Photographs by
Agnièle
Touret-Alby
© MNHN (specimens database
http://coldb.mnhn.fr). |
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