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Embolemus africanus (Risbec)

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

Myrmecomorphus africanus Risbec 1957. Holotype: in Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, Tervuren. Type locality: Rugege Forest, Rwanda

Distribution

Embolemus_africanus_distribution

Burkino Faso, Rwanda, Democratic Republic of Congo, Tanzania, Angola, Botswana, South Africa, Madagascar, Mauritius

Biology

Host: unknown

Reference

Risbec, J. 1957. Un Embolemidae africain (Hymenoptera Bethyloidea).  Rev. Zool. Bot. Afr. (3-4), 419-421.

Credits

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