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Sclerogibba turneri Richards

(Life: Kingdom: Metazoa (animals); Phylum: Arthropoda; Class: Hexapoda; Order: Hymenoptera; Superfamily: Chrysidoidea; Family: Sclerogibbidae; Genus: Sclerogibba)

Sclerogibba turneri Richards, 1939. Holotype: in Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest. Type locality: Katberg, (Eastern Cape Province) South Africa.

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Distribution

Afrotropical: Angola, Botswana, Kenya, South Africa.

Biology

 Parasitoid of Embiidina (= Embioptera). Host species: Cephalembia sjostedti, Rhagadochir vosseleri, Apterembia sp.

References

 Richards O. W. 1939. The Bethylidae subfamily Sclerogibbinae (Hymenoptera). Proc. Royal Ent. Soc. London (B), 8: 211-223.

Olmi, M. & Copeland, R.S. & Guglielmino, A. 2015. An updated checklist of Dryinidae, Embolemidae and Sclerogibbidae (Hymenoptera) of Kenya and Burundi, with descriptions of thirteen new species. Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 55(1): 333-380.

Credits

Photographs © Simon van Noort (Iziko Museums of South Africa).
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