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Zonocryptus nigeriensis (Waterston)

(Life: Kingdom: Metazoa (animals); Phylum: Arthropoda; Class: Hexapoda; Order: Hymenoptera;  Superfamily: Ichneumonoidea; Family: Ichneumonidae; Subfamily: Cryptinae; Tribe: Cryptini; Genus: Zonocryptus)

Oneilella nigeriensis Waterston, 1927. Holotype: in the Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK).Type locality: 

Distribution

Zonocryptus nigeriensis_map

Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Nigeria, Senegal.

Biology

 Hosts: Anaphe venata (Thaumetopoeidae).

Reference

 Waterston, J. 1927. On the Hedycryptine genus Oneilella Cam. (Hym. Ichneumonidae). Bulletin of Entomological Research. 18(2):189-204.

Credits

Photographs and 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>).

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