Sclerogibba rufithorax ( Cameron, 1904 )

Olmi, Massimo, Copeland, Robert S., Guglielmino, Adalgisa & Icipe, 2015, An updated checklist of Dryinidae, Embolemidae and Sclerogibbidae (Hymenoptera) of Kenya and Burundi, with descriptions of thirteen new species, Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 55 (1), pp. 333-380 : 370

9. Sclerogibba rufithorax ( Cameron, 1904)

Material examined. New records. KENYA: EASTERN: Samburu National Reserve, near Ewaso Ng’iro River , 0.56797°N 37.53563°E, 874 m, 7–21.viii.2006, Malaise trap, riverine forest, next to headquarters, R. Copeland leg., 1 J ( RSC) ; base of Ukasi Hill , 0.82103°S 38.54443°E, 613 m, 21.xi–5.xii.2011, Malaise trap, Acacia - Commiphora savannah, R. Copeland leg., 6 JJ (3 in NMKE, 3 in RSC) ; same locality label, 17–20.xii.2011, 3 JJ ( NMKE) ; same locality label, 5–10.XII.2011, 2 JJ ( RSC) ; same locality label, 7–21.xi.2011, 6 JJ (3 in NMKE, 3 in RSC) ; same locality label, 27.xii.2011 – 1.i.2012, 1 J ( NMKE) ; same locality label, 1–6.i.2012, 1 J ( RSC) ; Ngaia Forest , 0.32442°N 38.05038°E, 1057 m, 23.vii–6.viii.2011, Malaise trap, inside indigenous forest, R. Copeland leg., 2 JJ (1 in NMKE, 1 in MOLC) ; same locality, 3–17.ix.2011, 8 JJ (4 in NMKE), 4 in RSC ; same locality, 20.viii–3. ix.2011, 1 J ( NMKE) ; same locality, 24.xii.2011 – 7.i.2012, 1 J ( NMKE) ; same locality, 17.ix–1.x.2011, 5 JJ (3 in NMKE, 2 in RSC) ; same locality, 1–15.x.2011, 2 JJ ( NMKE) ; same locality, 9–23.vii.2011, 2 JJ ( NMKE) ; same locality, 15–29.x.2011, 3 JJ ( NMKE) ; Kasaala area , 2.07846°S 38.22530°E, 740 m, 28.xi–4.xii.2013, six-meter Malaise trap, just inside isolated woodland patch, J. Bukhebi & R. Copeland leg., 1 J ( RSC) .

Published record. OLMI & COPELAND (2011): KENYA: EASTERN: Tsavo National Park (02°38.51′S 38°21.98′E).

Distribution. Recorded from many Afrotropical, Oriental and Australian countries ( OLMI 2005b). In Africa known from Kenya, Namibia, South Africa and Zimbabwe ( OLMI 2005b, OLMI & COPELAND 2011).