Micromeriella

Micromeriella Betrem

Micromeriella Betrem, 1971

Micromeriella aureola (Klug, 1832) (Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Iran, Kenya, Libya, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, Yemen)

Micromeriella atropoides Betrem, 1972 (Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya)

Micromeriella difficilis Betrem, 1972 (Ethiopia)

Micromeriella dundoensis Betrem, 1972 (Angola, Democratic Republic of Congo)

Micromeriella hessi Betrem & Bradley, 1964 (Nigeria, Uganda)

Micromeriella hyalina (Klug, 1832) (Chad, Egypt, Gambia, Libya, Mali, Morocco, Oman, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sudan)

Micromeriella hyalinopsis Betrem (Angola, Democratic Republic of Congo)

Micromeriella rhodesiae Betrem, 1972 (Democratic Republic of Congo, Zambia, Zimbabwe)

Distribution
Biology	External parasitoids of beetle larvae (mostly Scarabaeidae) that live in soil or decaying vegetable matter.
References	Betrem, J.G. & Bradley, J.C. 1972. The African Campsomerinae (Hymenoptera, Scoliidae). Monografieën van de Nederlandse Entomologische Vereniging 6: 1-326. Bradley, J.C. 1959. The Scoliidae of Africa. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 23: 331-362. Brothers, D.J. & Finnamore A.T. 1993. Superfamily Vespoidea (pp. 161-278). In GOULET, H. & HUBER, J. (eds). Hymenoptera of the World: an identification guide to families. Research Branch, Agriculture Canada, Ottawa, Canada, 668 pp.
Credits	Photographs © Vida van der Walt (Pretoria).