Distribution
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Afrotropical: Angola, Botswana,
Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of
the Congo, Gabon, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Madagascar, Mali,
Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa, Uganda, Yemen,
Zambia, Zimbabwe.
Also Oriental
region: Sri Lanka,
Thailand; and Palaearctic region. |
Biology
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Parasitoid of Embiidina (= Embioptera). Host species: Oligotoma
saundersii (Westwood),
Parachirembia sp., Embia sp. |
References
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Azevedo C.O., Madl.
M. & Olmi, M. 2010. A Catalogue of the Bethylidae, Chrysididae, Dryinidae,
Embolemidae, Sclerogibbidae and Scolebythidae (Hymenoptera: Chrysidoidea) of the
Malagasy Subregion. Linzer Biologische Beitrage 42(2): 845-918.
Benoit P.L.G. 1952. Les
Sclerogibbidae (Hym.-Aul.) éthiopiens. Rev. zool. bot. Afr., 44 (1):
132-134.Olmi, M.
2005.
A revision of the
world Sclerogibbidae (Hymneoptera Chrysidoidea). Frustula Entomologica 26-27
(2003-2004): 46-193.
Olmi, M. & Copeland, R.S. 2011.
A catalogue of Dryinidae, Embolemidae
and Sclerogibbidae of Kenya and Burundi, with descriptions of new
species (Hymenoptera: Chrysidoidea). African Invertebrates 52:
177–206.
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
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Photographs
© Simon van Noort (Iziko Museums of South Africa).
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Next genus:
Scolebythus
(Scolebythidae) Next
species: Sclerogibba turneri |
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