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Dissomphalus crucialis Benoit

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

Dissomphalus crucualis Benoit 1957, 88: 22-23. Holotype: in Musee Royal l'Afrique Centrale, Tervuren. Type locality: "Haut-Uele, Paulis"

Ecology: Taken at 1,000-1,285 meter elevation.

 

 

 

 

Distribution

Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda.

Biology

 Unknown.

Reference

Colombo WD, Brito CD, Azevedo CO. 2024. Scratching the surface of Afrotropical Dissomphalus (Hymenoptera, Bethylidae): a revision uncovering 114 new species. Zootaxa 5441:1-130. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5441.1.

Credits

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Citation: van Noort, S. 2024. WaspWeb: Hymenoptera of the World. URL: www.waspweb.org (accessed on <day/month/year>).

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