Figures 139–144. Scelio scomma. 139 Habitus,
dorsal view, paratype female (CASENT 2042253) 140 Habitus, lateral view,
holotype female (CASENT 2133165) 141 Mesosoma, dorsal view, paratype
female (CASENT 2042253) 142 Head and mesosoma, lateral view, holotype
female (CASENT 2133165) 143 Head, anterior view, holotype female (CASENT
2133165) 144 Metasomal segment 2, lateral view, paratype female (CASENT
2042253). 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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