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Austroscolia bissauensis Bradley, 1959 (Nigeria, Senegal) |
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Austroscolia carnifex Coquerel, 1855 (Aldabra, Madagascar) |
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Austroscolia ebenina ebenina de Saussure, 1858 (Cameroon, Gabon, Gold
Coast, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone) |
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Austroscolia ebenina disparilis (Kirby, 1889) (Cameroon, Democratic
Republic of Congo, Gabon, Kenya, Mozambique, Sierra Leone, South
Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zimbabwe) |
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Austroscolia semitacta Bradley, 1959 (Cameroon, Democratic Republic of
Congo, Mozambique, South Africa, Uganda, Zimbabwe) |
Distribution |
Worldwide. |
Biology |
External parasitoids of beetle larvae (mostly Scarabaeidae)
that live in soil or decaying vegetable matter. |
References |
Betrem, J.G. 1927. Verslag van de
Twee-En-Tachtigste Zomervergadering der Nederlandsche
Entomologische Vereeniging, gehouden de vaals, op Zaterdag 28
Mei 1927, des morgens te 11 uur. Tijdschrift voor Entomologie
70(1): XCIII-XCVIII [XCVIII].
Betrem, J.G. & Bradley, J.C. 1964. Annotations on the Genera
Triscolia,
Megascolia and Scolia (Hymenoptera, Scoliidae) (second part). Zoologische Mededelingen
40: 89-96.
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.
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 |
Photographs © © Simon van Noort (Iziko Museums of South Africa).
Map illustration © Simon van Noort (Iziko Museums
of South Africa).
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