Scelio corion Nixon

(Life: Kingdom: Metazoa (animals); Phylum: Arthropoda; Class: Hexapoda; Order: Hymenoptera; Superfamily: Platygastroidea; Family Scelionidae; Subfamily: Scelioninae; Genus: Scelio)

Scelio corion Nixon, 1958. Lectotype: in The Natural History Museum, London (BMNH). Type locality: Mali: central flood plain of Niger river.

Distribution	Burkino Faso, Mali, Niger, Nigeria. Link to distribution Map (Hymenoptera online database).
Biology	Egg parasitoid of Hieroglyphus daganensis Krauss (Orthoptera: Acrididae, Hemiacridinae); Kraussaria Uvarov (Orthoptera: Acrididae, Cyrtacanthacridinae); Sherifuria haningtoni Uvarov (Orthoptera: Acrididae, Acridinae).
References	Nixon, G. E. J. 1958. A synopsis of the African species of Scelio Latreille (Hymenoptera: Proctotrupoidea, Platygastridae). Trans. R. Entomol.Soc. Lond. 110: 303-318. Yoder, M., Valerio, A., Polaszek, A., Masner, L., Johnson, N. 2009. Revision of Scelio pulchripennis-group species (Hymenoptera, Platygastroidea, Platygastridae). ZooKeys 20: 53-118. (doi: 10.3897/zookeys.20.205).
Credits	Photographs © Matt Yoder.
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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>).

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