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Sclerogibba vagabunda (Bridwell)

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

Lithobiocerus vagabundus Bridwell 1919. Holoype: in United States National Museum. Type locality: Hawaii

 

 

Distribution

Lithobiocerus_vagabundus_distribution

Afrotropical: Togo, Somalia, Tanzania, Namibia. Also Hawaii, Ceylon, India, Israel, Sri Lanka.

Biology

Ectoparasitoids of Oligotoma greeniana Enderlein, O. minuscula Enderlein and O. nigra Hagen nymphs (Oligotomidae, Embioptera).

References

Argaman, Q. 1988. Generic synopsis of Sclerogibbidae (Hymenoptera). Annales Historico-Naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici 80, 177-187.

Bridwell, J.C. 1919. Some notes on Hawaiian and other Bethylidae (Hymenoptera) with description of new species. Proceedings of the Hawaiian Entomological Society 4, 21-38.

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

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