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Conganteon Benoit

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

Conganteon Benoit 1951. Type species: Chelanteon richardsi Olmi

  Conganteon kolyadai Olmi, 2007
  Conganteon townesi Olmi, 1984

 

Conganteon transvaalense Olmi, 1989

 

Conganteon vannoorti Olmi, 2006

 

Conganteon vulcanicum Benoit, 1951

 

Conganteon walkerense Olmi, 2007

Distribution

Afrotropical & Palearctic regions.

Biology

Unknown.

Reference

Benoit ,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. 1984. A Revision of The Dryinidae (Hymenoptera). Mem. Amer. Ent. Inst., 37: 1-947.

Olmi, M. 1989. Supplement to the Revision of the World Dryinidae (Hymenoptera Chrysidoidea). Frustula Entomologica, Nuova Serie, vol. 12: 109-395.

Olmi, M. 2006. A catalogue of Dryinidae and Embolemidae of South Africa, with descriptions of new species (Hymenoptera Chrysidodea). Frustula entomologica (2005)(N.S.) vol. 28-29 (41-42): 1-57.

Olmi M. 2007. New species of Afrotropical Dryinidae (Hymenoptera: Chrysidoidea), with description of a new genus and a new subfamily. African Invertebrates, vol  48: 199-232.

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