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Sclerogibba rufithorax (Cameron) 

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

Tanynotus rufithorax Cameron 1904. Holoype: in The Natural History Museum, London. Type locality: Dunbrody, (Eastern Cape Province) South Africa

Distribution

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

Biology

Host: Parasitoides EmbiidinaAposthonia 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

Cameron P. 1904. On the Hymenoptera of the Albany Museum, Grahamstown (Second paper). Records of the Albany Museum 1: 135-244.

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