HomeWasp classificationExpeditionsLinksFigWebBiodiversity ExplorerPermits

Scelio Latreille

(Life: Kingdom: Metazoa (animals); Phylum: Arthropoda; Class: Hexapoda; Order: Hymenoptera; Superfamily: Platygastroidea; Family Scelionidae; Subfamily: Scelioninae)

Scelio Latreille 1805. Type species: Scelio rugosulus Latreille 1810.

 

Scelio afer Kieffer, 1905

 

Scelio africanus Risbec, 1950

 

Scelio antorides Nixon, 1958

 

Scelio baoli Risbec, 1950

 

Scelio chapmanni Nixon, 1958

  Scelio cheops Nixon, 1958
 

Scelio clarus Fouts, 1934

 

Scelio corion Nixon, 1958

Scelio elongatus Kieffer, 1908

 

Scelio exaratus (Kieffer, 1910)

Scelio flavicoxis Kieffer, 1905

Scelio fuscicoxis Kieffer, 1905

  Scelio gaudens Nixon, 1958
 

Scelio habilis Nixon, 1958

 

Scelio howardi Crawford, 1910

 

Scelio marbis Nixon, 1958

 

Scelio mauriticanus Risbec, 1950

 

Scelio nakhlensis Priesner, 1951

 

Scelio nitens Brues, 1906

 

Scelio princeps Nixon, 1958

 

Scelio pulchripennis Brues, 1906

Scelio remaudierei Ferrière, 1952

Scelio sudanensis Ferrière, 1952

 

Scelio tristis Nixon, 1958

 

Scelio zolotarevskyi Ferrière, 1930

Distribution

Worldwide

Biology

Egg parasitoids of Orthoptera.

References

Latreille, P.A. 1805. Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière des crustacés et des insectes. Vol. 13. F. Dufart, Paris. 432 pp.

Latreille, P.A. 1810. Considérations générales sur l'ordre naturel des animaux composant les classes des Crustacés, des Arachnides, et des Insectes. F. Schoell, Paris. 444 pp.

Credits

Photographs © Simon van Noort (Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris)
  Next genus: Shreemana

Web page development by Simon van Noort (Iziko South African Museum)

Copyright 2004-2008 Iziko Museums of Cape Town