Figures 347–352. Scelio clypeatus, holotype female
(OSUC 213552). 347 Habitus, dorsal view 348 Habitus, lateral view 349
Head and mesosoma, dorsal view 350 Head and mesosoma, lateral view 351
Head, anterior view 352 Clypeus and mouthparts, anterior view. gp,
glabrous patch on anterior gena below eye and posterior to malar sulcus.
Scale bars in millimeters. |
Distribution
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Gabon, Ghana, 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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