Fuscicornia spinosa (Risbec)

(Life: Kingdom: Metazoa (animals); Phylum: Arthropoda; Class: Hexapoda; Order: Hymenoptera; Superfamily: Platygastroidea; Family Scelionidae; Subfamily: Scelioninae; Genus: Fuscicornia)

Procacus spinosus Risbec, 1953: 575. Holotype in Paris (MNHN). Type locality: Adiopodommé, Ivory Coast.

Fusicornia bambeyi var. inermis Risbec, 1957: 529. Holotype in Paris (MNHN). Type locality: M'Boro, Senegal. Synonymy by Taekul et al 2008.

Female (OSUC 211169)

Distribution	Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, South Africa, United Arab Emirates, Yemen, Zimbabwe.
Biology	Host: unknown.
References	Risbec, J. 1953. Chalcidoïdes et Proctotrupoïdes de l'Afrique occidentale française. (e Supplément). Bull. Inst. Fr. Afr. Noire 15:548-609. Taekul, C., N. F. Johnson, L. Masner, Rajmohana K. and Chen S.-P. 2008. Revision of the world species of the genus Fusicornia Risbec (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae, Scelioninae). Zootaxa 1966: 1-52.
Credits	Map illustration © Simon van Noort (Iziko Museums of South Africa).
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Web author Simon van Noort (Iziko South African Museum)

Citation: van Noort, S. 2025. WaspWeb: Hymenoptera of the World. URL: www.waspweb.org (accessed on <day/month/year>).

Fuscicornia spinosa (Risbec)

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