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Embolemus capensis Olmi

(Life: Kingdom: Metazoa (animals); Phylum: Arthropoda; Class: Hexapoda; Order: Hymenoptera; Superfamily: Chrysidoidea; Family: Embolemidae; Genus: Embolemus)

Embolemus capensis Olmi, 1997. Holotype: in Canadian National Collection of Insects, Ottawa. Type locality: Diepwalle, Knysna (South Africa).

Distribution

Burundi, Central African Republic, Kenya, Madagascar, Principe, São Tomé, South Africa.

Biology

Host: unknown.

References

Azevedo C.O., Madl. M. & Olmi, M. 2010. A Catalogue of the Bethylidae, Chrysididae, Dryinidae, Embolemidae, Sclerogibbidae and Scolebythidae (Hymenoptera: Chrysidoidea) of the Malagasy Subregion. Linzer Biologische Beitrage 42(2): 845-918.

Olmi, M. 1997. A contribution to the knowledge of the Embolemidae and Dryinidae (Hymenoptera Chrysidoidea). Bollettino di Zoologia agraria e di Bachicoltura. Ser II 29: 125-150.

Olmi, M. & Copeland, R.S. 2011. A catalogue of Dryinidae, Embolemidae and Sclerogibbidae of Kenya and Burundi, with descriptions of new species (Hymenoptera: Chrysidoidea). African Invertebrates 52: 177–206.

Olmi, M. & Copeland, R.S. & Guglielmino, A. 2015. An updated checklist of Dryinidae, Embolemidae and Sclerogibbidae (Hymenoptera) of Kenya and Burundi, with descriptions of thirteen new species. Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 55(1): 333-380.

Olmi, M., van Noort, S. & Guglielmino, A. 2016. Contribution to the knowledge of Afrotropical Dryinidae, Embolemidae and Sclerogibbidae (Hymenoptera) with description of new species from Central African Republic and Uganda. ZooKeys 578: 45-95.

Credits

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