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Sclerogibbidae

Classification and checklist of Afrotropical sclerogibbid wasps

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

  • Genus Caenosclerogibba Yasumatsu, 1958

  • Genus Probethylus Ashmead, 1902

    • Probethylus callani Richards, 1939 (Angola, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, Yemen. Also Nearctic & Neotropical regions)

  • Genus Sclerogibba Riggio & Stefani-Perez, 1888

    • Sclerogibba africana (Kieffer, 1904) (Cape Verde Islands, Guinea-Bissau, Ghana, Madaagscar, South Africa, Yemen. Also Nearctic, Oriental & Palaeractic regions)

    • Sclerogibba algerica Benoit, 1963

    • Sclerogibba berlandi Benoit, 1963 (Angola, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Madagascar, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania, Zimbabwe. Also Oriental & Palaearctic regions)

    • Sclerogibba crassifemorata Riggio & Stefani-Perez, 1888 (Central African Republic, Kenya, Namibia, Niger, South Africa, Zimbabwe. Also Indo-Australian and Palaearctic regions)

    • Sclerogibba impressa Olmi, 2005 (Kenya, Uganda. Also Oriental region)

    • Sclerogibba madegassa Benoit, 1952 (Angola, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo, Gabon, Kenya, Liberia, Madagascar, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Tanzania. Also Oriental region)

    • Sclerogibba magrettii (Kieffer, 1913) (Eritrea, Kenya, Nigeria, Tanzania, Yemen. Also Oriental region: India; and Palaearctic region: Egypt, Italy, Tunisia)

    • Sclerogibba mancinii (Masi, 1933) (Yemen)

    • Sclerogibba rapax Olmi, 2005 (Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi. Also Oriental region)

    • Sclerogibba rossi Olmi, 2005 (Africa, Madagascar. Also Oriental region)

    • Sclerogibba rufithorax (Cameron, 1904) (Kenya, Namibia, South Africa, Zimbabwe. Also Indo-Australian & Oriental regions)

    • Sclerogibba talpiformis Benoit, 1950 (Angola, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Madagascar, Mali, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe. Also Oriental region)

    • Sclerogibba transitoria Dessart, 1982 (Central African Republic, Somalia, South Africa, Togo, Yemen. Also Oriental region)

    • Sclerogibba turneri Richards, 1939 (Angola, Botswana, Kenya, South Africa)

    • Sclerogibba vagabunda (Bridwell, 1919) (Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Namibia, Somalia, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Yemen. Also Australasian, Nearctic, Oriental & Palaearctic regions)

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.

Martynova KV, Olmi M, Müller P, Perkovsky EE. 2019. Description of the first sclerogibbid wasp (Hymenoptera: Sclerogibbidae) from Burmese (Myanmar) amber and its phylogenetic significance. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 0: 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1080/14772019.2018.1551250

Olmi, M. 2005. A revision of the world Sclerogibbidae (Hymneoptera Chrysidoidea). Frustula Entomologica 26-27 (2003-2004): 46-193.

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. &  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.

Olmi, O., Marletta, A., Guglielmino, S. & Speranza, S. 2016. Protosclerogibba australis gen. et sp. nov., new genus and species of sclerogibbid wasps (Hymenoptera: Sclerogibbidae) from South Africa. Zootaxa 4085: 127–134.

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


Web author Simon van Noort (Iziko South African Museum)

 

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