Figures 133–138. Scelio ructo, holotype female (OSUC
2042190). 133 Habitus, dorsal view 134 Habitus, lateral view 135 Head
and mesosoma, dorsal view 136 Head and mesosoma, lateral view 137 Head,
anterior view 138 Lateral mesoscutum, dorsal view. nt, notaulus. Scale
bars in millimeters. |
Distribution
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Madagascar.
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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