Leucospis tricolor KIRBY, 1883

Madl, Michael, 2023, A catalogue of the families Chrysolampidae, Eupelmidae, Eurytomidae, Leucospidae, Ormyridae, Perilampidae, Torymidae and Trichogrammatidae (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea) of Eritrea, Linzer biologische Beiträge 55 (1), pp. 287-295 : 291

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.10414851
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10415283
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treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Leucospis tricolor KIRBY, 1883
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Leucospis tricolor KIRBY, 1883 View in CoL

Leucospis tricolor KIRBY, 1883 View in CoL : BOUČEK 1974: 106 (key), 109 (fig. 150), 111 (figs 151-153), 126 (taxonomy, biology, Ghinda), 231 (host-parasitoid catalogue).

Leucospis tricolor KIRBY, 1883 View in CoL : MADL & SCHWARZ 2012: 1227 (catalogue Afrotropical region), 1235 (fig. 3).

D i s t r i b u t i o n:Ghinda.

Leucospis tricolor is also recorded from the Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mozambique, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania (mainland, Zanzibar), Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe. Four species of Megachilidae are known as hosts ( Pachyanthidium bicolor (LEPELETIER DE SAINT- FARGEAU, 1841), Pachyanthidium cordatum (SMITH, 1854) , Pseudoanthidium truncatum (SMITH, 1854) and Serapista denticulata (SMITH, 1854)) , of which only Pseudoanthidium truncatum is recorded from Eritrea ( MADL 2019: 1386).