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Embolemus harteni Olmi

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

Embolemus harteni Olmi, 1997. Holotype: in Massimo Olmi's collection, c/o Department of Plant Protection, Viterbo, Italy. Type locality: San'a, Yemen.

Distribution

Kenya, South Africa, Yemen.

Biology

Host: unknown.

References

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. &  van Harten, A. 2006. Dryinidae, Sclerogibbidae and Embolemidae (Hymenoptera: Chrysidoidea) of Yemen, with revised keys to the species of the Arabian peninsula. Fauna of Arabia 21: 307–337.

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.

Credits

Map illustration © Simon van Noort (Iziko Museums of South Africa).

 

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