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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, 2004
  Embolemus brothersi Olmi, 2006
  Embolemus capensis Olmi, 1997
  Embolemus harteni Olmi, 1997

 

Embolemus sanborni Olmi, 1997

Distribution

Worldwide,

Biology

Host: unknown.

References

Olmi, M. 1995. A revision of the world  Embolemidae (Hymenoptera Chrysidoidea). Frustula entomologica (1995), N.S., XVIII (XXXI): 85-146.

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.

Olmi, M. 2004. New species of Dryinidae and Embolemidae from Madagascar (Hymenoptera Chrysidoidea). Frustula entomologica (2002), N.S., XXV (XXXVIII): 86-109.

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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