Figures 251–256. Scelio aurantium, holotype female
(OSUC 212992). 251 Habitus, dorsal view 252 Habitus, lateral view 253
Head and mesosoma, dorsal view 254 Head and mesosoma, lateral view 255
Head, anterior view 256 Mouthparts, anterior view. Scale bars in
millimeters. |
Distribution
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South Africa.
Link to distribution
Map (Hymenoptera online database). |
Biology
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Host unknown, but probably an egg parasitoid
of grasshoppers in the family Acrididae (Orthoptera). |
References
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Yoder, M., Valerio,
A., Polaszek, A., van Noort, S., Masner, L., Johnson, N. 2014.
Monograph of the Afrotropical species of Scelio Latreille
(Hymenoptera, Platygastridae), egg parasitoids of acridid grasshoppers
(Orthoptera, Acrididae). ZooKeys 380: 1-188.
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755
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Credits
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Photographs © Matt Yoder. |
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