HomeWasp classificationExpeditionsLinksFigWebBiodiversity ExplorerPermits
 

Sclerogibba algerica Benoit

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

Sclerogibba algerica Benoit, 1963. Holoype: in Museum National d'Histoire Naturellle, Paris (MNHN). Type locality:

Distribution

Afrotropical region: Central African Republic, Mali.

Palaearctic region: Algeria, Tunisia.

Biology

 Parasitoid of Embiidina (= Embioptera): in Algeria: Embia lesnei Ross; in Tunisia: Embia ramburi (Rimsky-Korsakow).

References

Argaman, Q. 1993. A taxonomic study of Sclerogibbidae especially from the circumsardinian islands. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale “Giacomo Doria” 89: 537-553.

Benoit  P.L.G. 1963. Bethylides nord-africains recoltès par M.L. Berland. Bull. Mus. Nat. Hist. Nat. Paris, 2º Série, 35: 82-84.

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

Map illustration © Simon van Noort (Iziko Museums of South Africa).
  Next genus: Scolebythus (Scolebythidae)         Next species: Sclerogibba crassifemorata

Web author Simon van Noort (Iziko South African Museum)

 

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

Copyright 2004-2024 Iziko Museums of South Africa

customisable counter