Figures 157–162. Scelio balo, holotype female (OSUC
212375). 157 Habitus, dorsal view 158 Habitus, lateral view 159 Mesosoma,
dorsal view 160 Mesosoma, lateral view 161 Head, anterior view 162
Metasoma, dorsal view. Scale bars in millimeters. |
Distribution
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Democratic Republic of Congo.
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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