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Scelio sudanensis Ferrière

(Life: Kingdom: Metazoa (animals); Phylum: Arthropoda; Class: Hexapoda; Order: Hymenoptera; Superfamily: Platygastroidea; Family Platygastridae; Subfamily: Scelioninae, Genus: Scelio)

Scelio sudanensis Ferrière 1952. Holotype: in Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris. Type locality: Dogo (Sudan)

Distribution

Sudan

Biology

Parasitoids of eggs of Locusta migratoria migratorioides.

Reference

Ferrière, C. 1952. Deux neouveaux parasites des oeufs de Locusta migratoria migratorioides en Afrique. Bull. Soc. Entomol. France 56:114-118.

Credits

Photographs © Simon van Noort (Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris)
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Web author Simon van Noort (Iziko South African Museum)

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