Figures 227–232. Scelio destico, paratype female (OSUC
214085). 227 Habitus, dorsal view 228 Habitus, lateral view 229 Head and
mesosoma, dorsal view 230 Head and mesosoma, lateral view 231 Head,
anterior view 232 Antenna, lateral view. Scale bars in millimeters. |
Distribution
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Benin, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Uganda, Zimbabwe.
Link to distribution
Map (Hymenoptera online database). |
Biology
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Host unknown, but probably an egg parasitoid
of grasshoppers in the family Acrididae (Orthoptera). |
References
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Yoder, M., Valerio,
A., Polaszek, A., van Noort, S., Masner, L., Johnson, N. 2014.
Monograph of the Afrotropical species of Scelio Latreille
(Hymenoptera, Platygastridae), egg parasitoids of acridid grasshoppers
(Orthoptera, Acrididae). ZooKeys 380: 1-188.
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755
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Credits
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Photographs © Matt Yoder. |
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