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Zambion kasparyani Bennett & Barnes

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

Zambion kasparyani Bennett & Barnes, 2011. Holotype: in California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco. Type locality: Rift Valley Province. Marich Pass Field Studies Centre, 1°32.2'N, 35°27.4'E  (Kenya).
Zambion_kasparyani_habitus
Zambion_kasparyani_head_dorsal Zambion_kasparyani_propodeum

Figures 46–48. Zambion kasparyani, holotype male 46 Habitus 47 Head, dorsal view 48 Propodeum, dorsolateral view (note lack of ventral transverse carina similar to Z. monodon in Fig. 36).

Distribution

Kenya.

Biology

 Host: unknown

Etymology

Named in honour of Dr. Dmitriy Kasparyan (Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg) for his contributions to ichneumonid taxonomy especially being the first to recognize and describe the genus Zambion.

Reference

 Bennett, A.M.R. & Barnes, D.I. 2011. Revision of the world species of Zambion (Hymenoptera,  Ichneumonidae, Tryphoninae). Zookeys 159: 19-48.

Credits

 Photographs © Andrew Bennett & Diana Barnes.
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