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Caenosclerogibba probethyloides Olmi

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

Caenosclerogibba probethyloides Olmi, 2005. Holotype: in N.S. Dept. Nat. Resources, Nova Scotia. Type locality: Harbel, Liberia.

Distribution

Cameroon, Kenya, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Madagascar, Nigeria, Tanzania, Uganda, Yemen.

Biology

Parasitoid of Embiidina: in Cameroon: Heterembia sp., Holembia sp.; in
Ivory Coast: Nodosembia sp., Parachirembia sp., Scelembia sp., unidentified Embiidae, unidentified Teratembiidae; in Kenya: Oligotoma saundersii (Westwood); in Tanzania: unidentified Teratembiidae; in Uganda: Scelembia sp.

References

Olmi M. 2005. Dryinidae e Sclerogibbidae raccolti nelle piccole isole dell'arccipelago toscano, sulla costa toscana, in Corsica e Sardegna nel corsa del progetto INTERREG II (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Chrysidoidea). Atti Soc. Nat., Mem., Serie B, 11 (2004):

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.

Credits

Map illustration © Simon van Noort (Iziko Museums of South Africa).

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