Sclerogibba talpiformis Benoit

Olmi, Massimo, van Noort, Simon & Guglielmino, Adalgisa, 2016, Contribution to the knowledge of Afrotropical Dryinidae, Embolemidae and Sclerogibbidae (Hymenoptera), with description of new species from Central African Republic and Uganda, ZooKeys 578, pp. 45-95 : 87

Taxon classification Animalia Hymenoptera Sclerogibbidae

Sclerogibba talpiformis Benoit

Sclerogibba talpiformis Benoit, 1950a: 133.

Material examined.

Published records. Olmi et al. 2015: CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC: Sangha-Mbaéré Prefecture: Dzanga-Ndoki National Park, 38.6 km 173°S Lidjombo, 02°21.60'N, 16°03.20'E, 350 m, 24-25.V.2001, lowland rainforest, Malaise trap, S. van Noort leg., CAR01-M206, 1♂ (UKIC). UGANDA: WESTERN REGION: Kibale National Park, Kanyawara, Makerere University Biological Field Station, 0°34.405'N, 30°21.646'E, 1484 m, 16-26.VIII.2008, Malaise trap, primary mid-altitude rainforest, near stream, S. van Noort leg., 1♂ (SAMC).

Hosts.

Embiidina ( Olmi 2005a): in Ivory Coast: Parachirembia sp.; in South Africa: Embia sp.; in Zambia: Embia sp.

Distribution.

Recorded from many countries of the world, excluding the Australian region ( Olmi 2005a). In Africa known from Botswana, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Madagascar, Mali, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Yemen and Northern Africa ( Azevedo et al. 2010; Olmi 2005a; Olmi and Copeland 2011; Olmi et al. 2015).