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Sclerogibba rapax Olmi 

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

Schlerogibba rapax Olmi 2005. Holoype: in N.S. Dept. Nat. Resources, Nova Scotia. Type locality: Badamtan Forest, (West Bengal) India

Distribution

Sclerogibba rapax_map

Afrotropical: Angola, Cameroon, Congo, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi. Oriental: Thailand, Vietnam, India, Laos, Malaysia.

Biology

Host: Parasitoides Embiidina: Machadoembia sp., Scehelmbia sp.(cultures of Dr. E. S. Ross), Plesembia sp. (cultures of Dr. E. S. Ross), Scelembia sp., Plesembia sp. (cultures of Dr. E. S. Ross), Aposthonia montana (cultures of Dr. E. S. Ross), Dictyoploca burensis (cultures of Dr. E. S. Ross), Embia sp. (cultures of Dr. E. S. Ross), Aposthonia sp. (cultures of Dr. E. S. Ross), Ptilocerembia sp. (cultures of Dr. E. S. Ross).

Reference

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

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