Scelio_antorides

Scelio antorides Nixon

Scelio antorides Nixon 1958. Holotype: in The Natural History Museum, London. Type locality: South Africa: Mossel Bay.

Distribution	South Africa. Link to distribution Map (Hymenoptera online database).
Biology	Host unknown, but probably an egg parasitoid of grasshoppers in the family Acrididae (Orthoptera)
References	Nixon, G. E. J. 1958. A synopsis of the African species of Scelio Latreille (Hymenoptera: Proctotrupoidea, Platygastridae). Trans. R. Entomol.Soc. Lond. 110:303-318. Yoder, M., Valerio, A., Polaszek, A., Masner, L., Johnson, N. 2009. Revision of Scelio pulchripennis-group species (Hymenoptera, Platygastroidea, Platygastridae). ZooKeys 20: 53-118. (doi: 10.3897/zookeys.20.205).
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Web author Simon van Noort (Iziko South African Museum)