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Artikel/Article: A catalogue of the (, ) of Eritrea 877-879 Linzer biol. Beitr. 51/2 877-879 20.12.2019

A catalogue of the Sclerogibbidae (Hymenoptera, Chrysidoidea) of Eritrea

Michael MADL

A b s t r a c t : The family Sclerogibbidae is represented by one species, Sclerogibba magrettii (KIEFFER, 1913) in Eritrea. K e y w o r d s : Sclerogibbidae, Sclerogibba, catalogue, Eritrea.

Introduction The small family Sclerogibbidae, which is known from all zoogeographical regions, is represented by four genera and 19 species in the Afrotropical region. Until now, only one species, Sclerogibba magrettii (KIEFFER, 1913), has been recorded from Eritrea. Species of Sclerogibbidae are known as of webspinners (), but there are no host records from Eritrea.

Abbreviations Afr. reg...... Afrotropical region biogeogr...... biogeography cat...... catalogue descr...... description fig. (figs) ...... figure(s) syn...... synonym tab...... table tax......

Annotated catalogue

Subfamily A p t e r ogyninae

Prosclerogibba magrettii (KIEFFER, 1913) Prosclerogibba Magrettii n.sp.: KIEFFER 1913: 107 (descr. ♂, Eritrea without locality). Prosclerogibba magrettii KIEFFER 1913: KIEFFER 1914: 563 (tax., descr. ♂, Eritrea without locality). Sclerogibba magrettii (KIEFFER, 1913): RICHARDS 1939: 215 (fig. 15), 217 (tax.), 220 (tax., descr. ♂, Eritrea without locality), 222 (key ♂). Sclerogibba magrettii (KIEFFER, 1913): BENOIT 1950: 134 (key). 878

Sclerogibba magrettii KIEFFER, 1913: ARGAMAN 1988: 183 (syn. of Prosclerogibba crassifemorata RIGGIO & DE STEFANI-PEREZ, 1888, Eritrea without locality). Prosclerogibba magrettii KIEFFER 1913: ARGAMAN 1993: 539 (tax., type not examined). Sclerogibba magrettii (KIEFFER, 1913): OLMI 2005: 65 (figs 11: above right, below), 67 (tax.), 68 (tax.), 72 (tax.), 121 (key ♂), 77 (fig. 17), 123 (key ♀, 156 (tax., descr. ♀ ♂, biol., Eritrea without locality) Sclerogibba magrettii (KIEFFER, 1913): OLMI & VAN HARTEN 2006: 309 (key to species of Arabian Peninsula), 334 (tax., Eritrea without locality (type seen)), 335 (biogeogr.), 336 (tab. 1: biogeogr.). Sclerogibba magrettii (KIEFFER, 1913): PENATI & OLMI 2011: 34 (Eritrea without locality, cat. Museo Civico di Storia Naturale "Giacomo Doria"), 38 (type cat. Museo Civico di Storia Naturale "Giacomo Doria"). Sclerogibba magrettii (KIEFFER, 1913): OLMI et al. 2016: 130 (fig. 7). D i s t r i b u t i o n : no exact locality. Sclerogibba magrettii is known from the Afrotropical (Eritrea, Kenya, Nigeria, Tanzania) and Palaearctic (e.g. Yemen) regions.

Acknowledgements

I am greatly indebted to Wolfgang Brunnbauer (Naturhistorisches Museum Wien, Austria) and Manuela Vizek (Naturhistorisches Museum Wien, Austria) for their support in compilation of the catalogue.

Zusammenfassung

Die Familie Sclerogibbidae ist in Eritrea nur mit einer Art, Sclerogibba magrettii (KIEFFER, 1913) vertreten.

References

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OLMI M., MARLETTA A., GUGLIELMINO A. & S. SPERANZA (2016): Protosclerogibba australis gen. et sp. nov., new genus and species of sclerogibbid (Hymenoptera: Sclerogibbidae) from South Africa. — Zootaxa 4085 (1): 127-134. PENATI F. & M. OLMI (2011): Catalogue of Dryinidae, Embolemidae and Sclerogibbidae of the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale "Giacomo Doria" (Insecta, Hymenoptera, Chrysidoidea). — Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale "Giacomo Doria" 103: 71-92. RICHARDS O.W. (1939): The Bethylidae Subfamily Sclerogibbinae (Hymenoptera). — Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London, Series B, Taxonomy 8 (11): 211-223.

Author’s address: Michael MADL Naturhistorisches Museum Wien 2. Zoologische Abteilung Burgring 7 1010 Vienna, Austria E-Mail: [email protected]