Brachyscleroma Cushman

(Life: Kingdom: Metazoa (animals); Phylum: Arthropoda; Class: Hexapoda; Order: Hymenoptera;  Superfamily: Ichneumonoidea; Family: Ichneumonidae; Subfamily: Sisyrostolinae)

Brachyscleroma Cushman, 1940. Type species: Brachyscleroma apoderi Cushman, 1940.

Brachyscleroma congoensis Delobel, 1993

Brachyscleroma medleri Gupta, 1994

Distribution

Afrotropical: Nigeria, Congo, Oriental: China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Nepal

Biology

Host: Apoderus quadripunctatus (Attelabidae).

Reference

Cushman, R.A. 1940. New genera and species of Ichneumon-flies with taxonomic notes. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 88(3083): 355-372.

Credits

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Web author Simon van Noort (Iziko South African Museum)

Citation: van Noort, S. 2024. WaspWeb: Hymenoptera of the World. URL: www.waspweb.org (accessed on <day/month/year>).

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