Figures 365–370. Scelio modulus, holotype female (OSUC
142574). 365 Habitus, dorsal view 366 Habitus, lateral view 367 Head and
mesosoma, dorsal view 368 Head and mesosoma, lateral view 369 Head,
anterior view 370 Metasoma, lateral view. Scale bars in millimeters.
Figures 333–334 Scelio modulus partaype male 333
Metasoma, lateral view, (OSUC 250918) 334 Metasoma, ventral view,
(OSUC 250918). Scale bars in millimeters. |
Distribution
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Benin, Botswana, Cameroon, Central African Republic,
Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Kenya,
Nigeria, South Africa,
Swaziland, 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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