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Dissomphalus adscitus Benoit

(Life: Kingdom: Metazoa (animals); Phylum: Arthropoda; Class: Hexapoda; Order: Hymenoptera; Superfamily: Chrysidoidea; Family: Bethylidae; Subfamily: Pristocerinae;  Genus: Dissomphalus)

Dissomphalus adscitus Benoit 1956, 51: 562. Holotype: in Musee Royal l'Afrique Centrale, Tervuren. Type locality: "Ruanda: Rutovu, foret du Rugege, terr. Astrida, 2.350m"

Dissomphalus orophilus Benoit 1956, 51: 561. Holotype: in Musee Royal l'Afrique Centrale, Tervuren. Type locality: "Kivu: Sake". Synonymy by Colombo et al. 2024.

 

 

 

 

Distribution

Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda, Uganda.

Biology

 Unknown. Taken at 2,400 meters on bamboo.

Reference

 Colombo WD, Brito CD, Azevedo CO. 2024. Scratching the surface of Afrotropical Dissomphalus (Hymenoptera, Bethylidae): a revision uncovering 114 new species. Zootaxa 5441:1-130. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5441.1.

Credits

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Citation: van Noort, S. 2024. WaspWeb: Hymenoptera of the World. URL: www.waspweb.org (accessed on <day/month/year>).

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