Figures 299–304. Scelio irwini, holotype female (CASENT
2042009). 299 Habitus, dorsal view 300 Habitus, lateral view 301
Mesosoma, dorsal view 302 Mesosoma, lateral view 303 Head, anterior view
304 Metasoma, dorsal view. Scale bars in millimeters. |
Distribution
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Madagascar.
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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