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Sclerogibba turneri Richards

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

Sclerogibba turneri Richards 1939. Holoype: in Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest. Type locality: Katberg, (Eastern Cape Province)South Africa

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Distribution

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Afrotropical: Kenya, Botswana, South Africa

Biology

 Parasitoids of Embiidina: Cephalembia sjostedti, Rhagadochir vosseleri (cultures of Dr. E.S. Ross), Apterembia sp. (cultures of Dr. E.S. Ross).

Reference

 Richards O. W. 1939. The Bethylidae subfamily Sclerogibbinae (Hymenoptera). Proc. Royal Ent. Soc. London (B), 8: 211-223.

Credits

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