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HYMENOPTERA, Scolebythidae (Chrysidoidea) (formerly in Bethyloidea) -- <Images> & <Juveniles> These wasps are
distributed in Brazil, Madagascar, South Africa and Sustralia. There are 3 species in 3 genera. They ae believed to be all gregarious
external parasitoids of wood boring Cerambycidae. The larvae pupate in the host's burrows. =
= = = = = = = = = = = References: Please refer to
<biology.ref.htm>, [Additional references may be found at: MELVYL
Library] Azevedo, C. O. 1999:
A key to world species of Scolebythidae (Hymenoptera: Chrysidoidea), with
description of a new species of Dominibythus from Brazil. Journal
of Hymenoptera research, 8: 1-5. Internet
Archive Engel, M. S. & D. A. Grimaldi. 2007: Cretaceous Scolebythidae and phylogeny of the
family (Hymenoptera, Chrysidoidea). American Museum novitates, (3568) Evans, H. E.
1963: A new family of wasps. Psyche, 70: 7-16. Finnamore, A.T. & Brothers, D.J. 1993.
Superfamily Chrysidoidea (pp. 130-160). In GOULET, H. & HUBER, J. (eds). Hymenoptera
of the World: an identification guide to families. Research Branch,
Agriculture Canada, Ottawa, Canada, 668 pp. Nagy, C.
G. 1975: A new genus of Scolebythidae
(Hymenoptera) from South Africa and Australia. Journal of the Entomological
Society of Southern Africa, 38: 75–78. |