Alysia manducator (Panzer, 1799)

Distribution

South Africa. Also Australasian, Nearctic, Neotropical, Oriental and Palaearctic regions.

Biology

Parasitoid of Diptera associated with carrion, dung and fruit.

References

Panzer, G.W.F. 1799. Faunae Insectorum Germanicae. Heft 70-72.

Yu, D.S., Achterberg, van C. & Horstman, K. 2012. Taxapad 2012, World Ichneumonoidea 2011. Taxonomy, biology, morphology and distribution. Database on flash-drive. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. www.taxapad.com

Credits

Photographs by Monique James © Iziko Museums of South Africa.

Map illustration © Simon van Noort (Iziko Museums of South Africa).