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Micromeriella atropoides Betrem, 1972 (Democratic Republic of
Congo, Kenya)
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Micromeriella atropos (de Saussure, 1859) (Angola, Botswana,
Lesotho, Mozambique, South Africa, Zimbabwe) |
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Micromeriella aureola
(Klug, 1832) (Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia,
Djibouti, Iran, Kenya, Libya, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia,
Yemen)
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Micromeriella aureola
austroccidentalis Betrem, 1972 (?) |
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Micromeriella aureola
babae Betrem, 1972 (Zambia, Zimbabwe) |
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Micromeriella aureola bobi Betrem, 1972 (Angola, Botswana,
Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi,
Mozambique, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zanzibar,
Zimbabwe) |
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Micromeriella aureola dimidiata (Lepeletier, 1845) (Algeria,
Mauritania, Morocco, Senegal, Tunisia) |
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Micromeriella aureola elegans (Brülle,
1840) (?) |
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Micromeriella aureola godofredi (Sichel, 1858) (Angola, Lesotho,
South Africa) |
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Micromeriella difficilis Betrem, 1972 (Ethiopia)
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Micromeriella dundoensis Betrem, 1972 (Angola, Democratic
Republic of Congo)
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Micromeriella hessi
(Betrem & Bradley, 1964) (Nigeria, Uganda)
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Micromeriella hyalina
(Klug, 1832) (Chad, Egypt,
Gambia, Libya, Mali, Morocco, Oman, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sudan)
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Micromeriella hyalina meruensis
(Cameron, 1910) (Ethiopia,
Kenya, Tanzania) |
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Micromeriella hyalina insuperata Betrem
& Bradley, 1964 (Angola, Botswana, Burundi,
Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya,
Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia,
Zanzibar, Zimbabwe) |
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Micromeriella hyalina rufopedata Betrem, 1972 (Democratic
Republic of Congo)
Micromeriella hyalina nigeriensis Betrem, 1972 (Nigeria)
Micromeriella hyalina kalaharica Betrem, 1972 (Botswana, South
Africa)
Micromeriella hyalina guineicola Betrem, 1972 (Ghana, Guinea,
Liberia) |
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Micromeriella hyalinopsis Betrem (Angola, Democratic Republic of
Congo)
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Micromeriella rhodesiae Betrem, 1972 (Democratic Republic of
Congo, Zambia, Zimbabwe) |
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Micromeriella species |
Distribution
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Worldwide. |
Biology |
External parasitoids of beetle larvae (mostly Scarabaeidae)
that live in soil or decaying vegetable matter. |
References |
Betrem, J.G. & Bradley, J.C. 1972. The African Campsomerinae (Hymenoptera,
Scoliidae). Monografieën van de Nederlandse Entomologische Vereniging 6:
1-326.
Bradley, J.C. 1959. The Scoliidae of Africa.
Annals of the Transvaal Museum 23: 331-362.
Brothers, D.J. &
Finnamore A.T. 1993. Superfamily Vespoidea (pp. 161-278).
In
GOULET, H. & HUBER,
J. (eds). Hymenoptera of the World: an identification guide to families.
Research Branch, Agriculture Canada, Ottawa, Canada, 668 pp.
Madl, M. 2018. A preliminary catalogue
of the Hymenoptera (Insecta) of the Republic of Djibouti, Linzer biologische
Beiträge 50: 907-967.
Osten, T. 2005. Checkliste der Dolchwespen der
Welt (Insecta: Hymenoptera, Scoliidae). Teil 1: Proscoliinae und
Scoliinae: Campsomerini. Teil 2: Scoliinae: Scoliini. Teil 3: Literatur.
Bericht der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft Augsburg 62 (220–221):
1–62. |
Credits
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Photographs
© Vida van der Walt (Pretoria), or Dave West "Blu Tuna" (Johannesburg).
Photographs of museum specimens © Iziko Museums of South Africa.
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