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Astomaspis violaceipennis (Cameron)

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

Acanthoprymnus violaceipennis Cameron, 1905. Holotype: in the Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK). Type locality: Cape Colony.
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Distribution

South Africa.

Biology

 Host: unknown.

Reference

Cameron, P. 1905. A new genus of Hemitelini (Ichneumonidae) from Cape Colony. Entomologist 249-250.

Credits

 Photographs and map illustration © Simon van Noort (Iziko Museums of South Africa).
 

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Citation: van Noort, S. 2025. WaspWeb: Hymenoptera of the World. URL: www.waspweb.org (accessed on <day/month/year>).

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