Discleroderma Kieffer, 1904

Wang, Chun-Hong & Chen, Xue-Xin, 2024, First record of Discleroderma Kieffer (Hymenoptera, Bethylidae) from China and Republic of the Congo, with description of two new species, Zootaxa 5477 (3), pp. 380-386 : 381

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5477.3.7
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12750428
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scientific name	Discleroderma Kieffer, 1904
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Discleroderma Kieffer, 1904: 372 . Type species Sclerodermus tuberculatus Magretti, 1897 . Gordh & Móczár, 1990: 82–83; Terayama, 2006: 161–165; Lanes & Azevedo, 2008: 73–78; Azevedo et al., 2018: 225–227; Azevedo et al., 2020: 467–480 View Cited Treatment .

Diagnosis (♀). Head globoid, about as wide as mesonotum; mandible with two teeth; clypeus thick with V-shaped median elevation in anterior view, anterior margin incurved medially; antenna with 11 flagellomeres; occipital carina present only dorsally; notaulus absent or present; parapsidal signum present; metasomal terga III– V or IV– V with pair of acute lateral tubercles; apex of metasoma and sting slightly curved dorsad; R 2 C and 1Cu 2 C closed, 2r-rs&Rs 2 v and C 2 v absent, prestigma present, Rs&M 2 v, M+Cu 2 v and A 2 v present ( Azevedo et al. 2020) .

Biology. Unknown.

Distribution. Afrotropical, Saharo-Arabian, Madagascan, Sino-Japanese, Oriental, and Oceanian realms.