Figures 371–376. Scelio pilosilatus, holotype
female (OSUC 211938). 371 Habitus, dorsal view 372 Habitus, lateral view
373 Head and mesosoma, dorsal view 374 Head and mesosoma, lateral view
375 Head, anterior view 376 Metasoma, lateral view. bt, basal tooth of
mandible; vil, villus. Scale bars in millimeters. |
Distribution
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South Africa, Zimbabwe.
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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