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Ampulicomorpha magna Olmi

(Life: Kingdom: Metazoa (animals); Phylum: Arthropoda; Class: Hexapoda; Order: Hymenoptera; Superfamily: Chrysidoidea; Family: Embolemidae; Genus: Ampulicomorpha)

Ampulicomorpha magna Olmi 1995. Holotype: in American Entomological Institute, Gainsville. Type locality: Magoebaskloof, South Africa.

Ampulicomorpha pecki Olmi, 1997. Synonymy by Olmi, 2006.

Embolemus olmii van Achterberg & van Kats, 2000. Synonymy by Olmi, 2006.


Paratype female (BMNH)

 

Paratype male (BMNH)

 

Male (SAMC)

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Distribution

Gabon, Kenya, Malawi, South Africa, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

Biology

Host: unknown.

References

Olmi, M. 1995. A revision of the world Embolemidae (Hymenoptera Chrysidoidea). Frustula entomol n.s. XVIII (XXXI), 85-146.

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. & Copeland, R.S. 2011. A catalogue of Dryinidae, Embolemidae and Sclerogibbidae of Kenya and Burundi, with descriptions of new species (Hymenoptera: Chrysidoidea). African Invertebrates 52: 177–206.

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.

van Achterberg, C., van Kats, R.J.M. 2000. Revision of the Palaearctic Embolemidae (Hymenoptera). Zoolog. Meded. Leiden 74: 251-269.

Credits

Photographs and map illustration © Simon van Noort (Iziko Museums of South Africa).

 

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