Figures 245–250. Scelio pipilo, paratype female (OSUC
214135). 245 Habitus, dorsal view 246 Habitus, lateral view 247 Head and
mesosoma, dorsal view 248 Head and mesosoma, lateral view 249 Head,
anterior view 250 Metasoma, lateral view. Scale bars in millimeters. |
Distribution
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Benin, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Ghana, Kenya,
Nigeria, Uganda.
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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