Figures 341–346. Scelio apospastos, holotype
female (OSUC 213044). 341 Habitus, dorsal view 342 Habitus, lateral view
343 Head and mesosoma, dorsal view 344 Head and mesosoma, lateral view
345 Head, anterior view 346 Metasoma, lateral view. Scale bars in
millimeters. |
Distribution
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Malawi, South Africa, Swaziland, Zimbabwe.
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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