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Dissomphalus orophilus Benoit

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

Dissomphalus orophilus Benoit 1956, 51: 561. Holotype: in Musee Royal l'Afrique Centrale, Tervuren. Type locality: "Kivu: Sake"

Junior synonym of Dissomphalus adscitus Benoit, 1956 synonymy by Colombo et al. 2024.

 

 

 

 

Distribution

Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda

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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