Figures 281–286. Scelio transtrum, holotype female
(OSUC 212935). 281 Habitus, dorsal view 282 Habitus, lateral view 283
Head and mesosoma, dorsal view 284 Head and mesosoma, lateral view 285
Head, anterior view 286 Pronotum, oblique anterolateral view. tpc,
transverse pronotal carina. Scale bars in millimeters. |
Distribution
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Kenya, South Africa, Tanzania, Yemen.
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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