Figures 311–316. Scelio simoni, 311, 313, 315
paratype female (OSUC 250748); 312, 314, 316 holotype female (OSUC
214201). 311 Habitus, dorsal view 312 Habitus, lateral view 313 Head and
mesosoma, dorsal view 314 Head and mesosoma, lateral view 315 Head,
anterior view 316 Mesonotum, dorsal 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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