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Sclerogibba impressa Olmi 

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

Sclerogibba impressa Olmi, 2005. Holotype: in N.S. Dept. Nat. Resources, Nova Scotia. Type locality: 3 mi. E San José (Mindoro Prov., Mindanao Island, Philippines).

Distribution

Afrotropical region: Kenya, Uganda.

Also Oriental region: Indonesia, Philippines, Taiwan.

Biology

Parasitoid of Embiidina (= Embioptera): Aposthonia sp., Aposthonia japonicum.

References

Olmi, M. 2005. A revision of the world Sclerogibbidae (Hymneoptera Chrysidoidea). Frustula Entomologica 26-27 (2003-2004): 46-193.

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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