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Embolemus Westwood

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

Embolemus Westwood 1833. Type species: Embolemus ruddii Westwood 1833.

 

Embolemus africanus (Risbec, 1957)

  Embolemus ambrensis Olmi, 2003
  Embolemus capensis Olmi, 1997
  Embolemus harteni Olmi, 1997

 

Embolemus sanborni Olmi, 1997

Distribution

Worldwide

Biology

Host: unknown

References

Olmi, M. 1997. A contribution to the knowledge of the Embolemidae and Dryinidae (Hymenoptera Chrysidoidea). Bollettino di Zoologia agraria e di Bachicoltura. Ser II 29, 125-150.

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

Westwood, J.O. 1833. Descriptions of several new British forms amongst the parasitic hymenopterous insects. Philosophical Magazine (3) 2: 443-445, 14 figs.

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