Sclerogibba talpiformis Benoit 1950
Creators: name: Olmi, Massimo
name: Copeland, Robert S.
name: Guglielmino, Adalgisa
name: Icipe
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Sclerogibbidae
Sclerogibba
Sclerogibba talpiformis

description: 10. Sclerogibba talpiformis Benoit, 1950   
  Material examined. New records.  KENYA: COAST: Taita Hills, Ngangao Forest, 3.36930°S 38.34495°E, 1736 m, 26.vi–10.vii.2011, Malaise trap, indigenous forest, R. Copeland leg., 1J (RSC); Funzi Island, 4.57776°S 39.43825°E, near sea level, 4–10.vii.2012, Malaise trap, near Funzi workshop, ICIPE/NMKE Funzi Island Expedition, 10 JJ (7 in NMKE, 3 in RSC). RIFT VALLEY: Olorgesailie National Monument, 1.57930°S 36.44566°E, 982 m, 16–30.x.2011, Malaise trap, Acacia-Commiphora savannah, R. Copeland leg., 1 J (RSC); same locality label, 11–25.xii.2011, 1 J (NMKE); same locality label, 27.xi–11.xii.2011, 6 JJ (3 in NMKE, 3 in RSC); same locality label, 21.viii–4. ix.2011, 2 JJ (NMKE); same locality label, 21.v–4.vi.2011, 1 J (NMKE); same locality label, 10–24.vii.2011, 1 J (RSC); same locality label, 13–27.xi.2011, 4 JJ (NMKE); same locality label, 7–21.viii.2011, 3 JJ (RSC); same locality label, 30.x–13.xi.2011, 4 JJ (3 in NMKE, 1 in MOLC); same locality label, 4–18.vi.2011, 2 JJ (NMKE); same locality label, 27.xi–11.xii.2011, 2 JJ (NMKE); same locality label, 18.ix–2.x.2011, 2 JJ (RSC); Olorgesailie National Monument, 1.57962°S 36.44730°E, 979 m, 21.v–4.vi.2011, Malaise trap, near Ol Keju Nyiro River, R. Copeland leg., 3 JJ (NMKE); same locality label, 7–21.v.2011, 5 JJ (3 in NMKE, 2 in RSC); same locality label, 4–18.vi.2011, 4JJ (NMKE). CAMEROON: SOUTH REGION: near Ebolowa, Nkoemvon, ix.1980, D. Jackson leg., 1 J (BMNH). CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC: SANGHA- MBAÉRÉ PREFECTURE: Parc Ntional de Dzanga-Ndoki, 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 Nort leg., 1J (UKC). MALI: KOULIKORO REGION: Katibougou, 2008, Malaise trap, D. Sommaggio leg., 1 J (MOLC). MOZAMBIQUE: NIASSA PROVINCE: Cuamba, Mituque, 22.vii–5.viii.2008, Malaise trap, M. Olmi leg., 1 J (MOLC). UGANDA: 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 J (SAMC). ZIMBABWE: Salisbury, Chishawasha, xi.1978, A. Watsham leg., 16 JJ (BMNH). YEMEN: Usaifira, 1 mile N of Ta’izz, about 4500 ft., 21.xii.1937, H. Scott & E. B. Britton leg., 1 J (BMNH); Western Aden, Jebel Jihaf, about 7000 ft., 7.x.1937, at edge of cultivation, H. Scott & E. B. Britton leg., 1J (BMNH).   
 Published records. OLMI & COPELAND (2011): KENYA: NYANZA: Got Rabour (00.49298°S 34.18918°E). RIFT VALLEY: Lake Nakuru National Park (00.47203°S 36.06388°E); Marich Pass field station (01.53633°N 35.45800°E).   
 Distribution. Recorded from many countries of the world, excluding the Australian region (OLMI 2005b). In Africa known from Botswana, Burkina Faso, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Madagascar, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia and Northern Africa (OLMI 2005b, AZEVEDO et al. 2010, OLMI & COPELAND 2011), newly recorded here from Cameroon, Central African Republic, Mali, Mozambique, Uganda, Zimbabwe and Yemen.
description: Published as part of 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, pp. 333-380 in Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 55 (1) on pages 370-371, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5304733