Figures 257–262. Scelio impostor, holotype female
(OSUC 250816). 257 Habitus, dorsal view 258 Habitus, lateral view 259
Head and mesosoma, dorsal view 260 Head and mesosoma, lateral view 261
Head, anterior view 262 Head, lateral 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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