Aphelopus mediocarinatus (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 : 49-50

Taxon classification Animalia Hymenoptera Dryinidae

Aphelopus mediocarinatus (Benoit)

Antaphelopus mediocarinatus Benoit, 1951d.

Aphelopus mediocarinatus (Benoit): Olmi 1984: 60.

Material examined.

Published records. Olmi (1984): UGANDA: CENTRAL REGION: Wakiso District, Entebbe (CNCI). New records. CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC: SANGHA-MBAÉRÉ PREFECTURE: Dzanga-Ndoki National Park, Mabéa Bai,21.4 km 53°NE Bayanga, 03°02'01"N 16°24'57"E, 510 m, 3-4.V.2001, Malaise trap, lowland rainforest, marsh clearing, S. van Noort leg., 1♀ (SAMC); Dzanga-Ndoki National Park, 38.6 km 173°S Lidjombo, 2°21.60'N, 16°03.20'E, 350 m, 22.V.2001, sweep, lowland rainforest, S. van Noort leg., 1♂, 4♀♀ (SAMC); Reserve Speciale de Forêt Dense de Dzanga-Sangha, 12.7 km 326°NW Bayanga, 3°00.27'N, 16°11.55'E, 420 m, 13.V.2001, sweep, lowland rainforest, S. van Noort leg., 1♀, 4♂♂ (SAMC).

Hosts.

Cicadellidae Typhlocybinae ( Guglielmino et al. 2013): in Mozambique (Niassa Province): Molopopterus alfa Dworakowska and Empoascanara ethiopica Dworakowska; in Nigeria: Empoasca sp.

Distribution.

Afrotropical, recorded from almost all sub-saharian countries, from Senegal to Somalia, in addition to Madagascar and Yemen ( Olmi and Copeland 2011; Olmi et al. 2015; Olmi and van Harten 2006). Newly recorded from Central African Republic here.