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Netelia capense (Holmgren)

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

Paniscus capensis Holmgren, 1868. Holotype in Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet, Stockholm (NHRS). Type locality: "Cap. B. Spei" = Cape of Good Hope, South Africa.
 

Distribution

South Africa, Tanzania.

Biology

 Host: Helicoverpa armigera (Noctuidae).

Reference

 Holmgren, A.E. 1868. Hymenoptera. Species novas descripsit. Kongliga Svenska Fregatten Eugenies Resa omkring jorden. Zoologi. 6:391-442.

Credits

 Photographs © Hege Vårdal, Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet, Stockholm (NHRS).
Map illustration © Simon van Noort (Iziko Museums of South Africa).
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