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Epirhyssa copelandi Varga, 2020
Epirhyssa
copelandi
Varga, 2020. Holotype in
Nairobi (ICIPE).
Type locality: Kenya, Coast Province, Mrima Hill Forest, 212 m,
4.48576°S, 39.25845°E, indigenous forest edge, |
Distribution
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Kenya. |
Biology
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Host: unknown. |
Etymology
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Named after collector of the specimens, Robert Copeland (ICIPE). |
References
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Hopkins T, Roininen H, van Noort S, Broad GR, Kaunisto K,
Sääksjärvi IE. 2019.
Extensive sampling and thorough taxonomic assessment of Afrotropical Rhyssinae (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) reveals two new species and
demonstrates the limitations of previous sampling efforts. ZooKeys
878: 33-71.
https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.878.37845
Rousse
P. & van Noort S. 2014.
A review of the Afrotropical Rhyssinae (Ichneumonidae: Hymenoptera) with descriptions of five new
species. European Journal of Taxonomy 91: 1-42.
http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2014.91
Varga, O. 2020. First record of
Epirhyssa Cresson, 1865 (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Rhyssinae) from Kenya.
Zootaxa 4852: 590–593.
http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4852.5.9
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Credits
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Photographs ©
Oleksandr Varga (Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology,Ukraine).
Map illustration
© Simon van Noort (Iziko
Museums of South Africa). |
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Next genus:
Megarhyssa
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