Figures 275–280. Scelio somaliensis, holotype
female (OSUC 212608). 275 Habitus, dorsal view 276 Habitus, lateral view
277 Head and mesosoma, dorsal view 278 Head and mesosoma, lateral view
279 Head, anterior view 280 Mouthparts, anterior view. Scale bars in
millimeters. |
Distribution
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Somalia.
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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