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Sulcomesitius capensis (Kieffer)

(Life: Kingdom: Metazoa (animals); Phylum: Arthropoda; Class: Hexapoda; Order: Hymenoptera; Superfamily: Chrysidoidea; Family: Bethylidae; Subfamily: Mesitiinae;  Genus: Sulcomesitius)

Mesitius capensis Kieffer 1911, 80: 455-456. Holotype: in British Museum of Natural History, London. Type locality: Not published. Note: Lectotype-label, "N.E. Rhodesia Lr. Luangwa"

Taxonomy: Kieffer 1914, 41: 294, 305; Benoit 1968, 77: 88 (male described); Moczar 1970, 16: 202, fig 13, 411, 413, 426-428; Moczar 1971, 17: 327; Moczar 1984, 127: 109.

Ecology: Developed from Clutrinae cocoon.

 

 

 

 

Distribution

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Zambia, Zimbabwe, South Africa

Biology

Host: unknown

Reference

 

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