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Sclerogibba crassifemorata Riggio & De Stefani-Perez

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

Tanynotus crassifemorata Cameron 1904. Holotype: in The Natural History Museum, London (lost). Neotype: in Museo Civico de Storia Naturale "Giacomo Doria", Genoa. Holotype locality: Dunbrody, (Eastern Cape Province) South Africa.

Distribution

Sclerogibba crassifemorata_map

Afrotropical: Namibia, South Africa, Zimbabwe. Indo-Australian: Australia, India.

Biology

 Host: Parasitoides Embiidina:  Aposthonia spinulosa (cultures of Dr. E. S. Ross), Embia sabulosa (cultures of Dr. E. S. Ross), Apterembia sp., Embia sp. (cultures of Dr. E. S. Ross), Embia sp. (cultures of Dr. E. S. Ross)

Reference

 Riggio G., De Stefani-Perez T. 1888. Sopra alcuni Imenotteri dell'Isola di Ustica. Naturalista Siciliano 7: 145-150.

Credits

Photographs © Simon van Noort and Museo Civico de Storia Naturale "Giacomo Doria", Genoa.
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