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Conganteon vulcanicum Benoit

(Life: Kingdom: Metazoa (animals); Phylum: Arthropoda; Class: Hexapoda; Order: Hymenoptera; Superfamily: Chrysidoidea; Family: Dryinidae; Subfamily: Conganteoninae; Genus: Conganteon)

Conganteon vulcanicus Benoit, 1951. Holotype: female in American Entomological Institute, Ann Arbor. Type locality: Volcano Muhavura, Rwanda.


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Distribution

Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Madagascar, Rwanda, South Africa, Uganda.

Biology

Host: unknown.

References

Benoit, P.G.L.1951. Exploration du Parc National Albert, Mission G. F. de Witte (1933-1935). Fasc. 73. Dryinidae (Hymenoptera Aculeata), Evaniidae (Hymenoptera Terebrantia). Hayez, Bruxelles, 26pp.

Olmi, M. & Copeland, R.S. & Guglielmino, A. 2015. An updated checklist of Dryinidae, Embolemidae and Sclerogibbidae (Hymenoptera) of Kenya and Burundi, with descriptions of thirteen new species. Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 55(1): 333-380.

Olmi, M., van Noort, S. & Guglielmino, A. 2016. Contribution to the knowledge of Afrotropical Dryinidae, Embolemidae and Sclerogibbidae (Hymenoptera) with description of new species from Central African Republic and Uganda. ZooKeys 578: 45-95.

Credits

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


Web author Simon van Noort (Iziko South African Museum)

 

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