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Sclerogibba rapax Olmi 

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

Sclerogibba rapax Olmi, 2005. Holoype: in N.S. Dept. Nat. Resources, Nova Scotia. Type locality: Badamtan Forest, (West Bengal) India.

Distribution

Afrotropical region: Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi. Oriental region: Thailand, Vietnam, India, Laos, Malaysia.

Biology

Parasitoid of Embiidina (= Embioptera). Host species: Machadoembia sp., Scelembia sp., Plesembia sp., Aposthonia montana, Embia (= Dictyoploca) burensis, Embia sp., Ptilocerembia sp.

References

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

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).
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