Synopeas (Sactogaster) ventricosum Buhl, 1997

Buhl, Peter Neerup, 2014, New species and new records of Platygastrinae and Sceliotrachelinae from Togo (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae), African Invertebrates 55 (1), pp. 68-68 : 113

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.5733/afin.055.0106
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7649910
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scientific name	Synopeas (Sactogaster) ventricosum Buhl, 1997
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Synopeas ventricosus: Buhl 1997: 449 View in CoL .

Material examined: 1♀ TOGO, Région des Plateaux, main road between Agbanon and Agoté, at brook Tomezuitoe (7°15'53"N 0°47'51"E), 15.iv. 2008, 360 m, brook bank at teak forest ( Tectona grandis ), shady cocoa plantation, swept GoogleMaps ; 1♀ Région des Plateaux, Ouvêtsévé near Kpélé Élé (07°21'27"N 00°51'12"E), 15.iv. 2008, 345 m, creek bank within forest, diverse herb vegetation, swept. Both M. von Tschirnhaus GoogleMaps .

I can find no difference between the abovementioned two specimens and the type material of S. ventricosum from the Bismarck Archipelago and the Philippines. Further material of S. ventricosum from Sri Lanka was examined as well. Species of the subgenus Sactogaster are generally very similar globally, but several platygastrid species of other genera are also supposed to have a more or less cosmopolitan distribution (perhaps spread as a result of human agricultural activities).