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Sclerodermus cadavericus Benoit

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

Sclerodermus cadavericus Benoit, 1957, 93 (l-ll): 42-45, fig 1. Holotype: in MRCB. Type locality: Congo Belge. Ituri: Ambaki pres de Mahagi.

 

 

 

 

Distribution

Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Uganda,

Biology

 Hosts: Anobiidae: Catorama herbarium Gorh. in Pennisetum herbarium. Scolytidae: Hypothenemus hampei (Ferrari).

Reference

Benoit PLG. 1957. Un nouveau Sclerodermus vulnérant pur l'homme en Afrique Centrale (Hymenoptera- Bethylidae). Soc. Roy. d'Ent. de Belg. Bull & Ann. 93(-2): 42-46.

Credits

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