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Stentorceps abbotti Nielsen & Buffington

(Life: Kingdom: Metazoa (animals); Phylum: Arthropoda; Class: Hexapoda; Order: Hymenoptera; Superfamily: Cynipoidea; Family: Figitidae; Subfamily: Eucoilinae; Gneus: Stentorceps)

Stentorceps abbotti Nielsen & Buffington, 2011. Type in: National Museums of Kenya (NMKE).

ClassificationFigitidae keysCynipoidea keys

Diagnosis

Differs from all other species of Stentorceps in the circular shape of the dorsal terminus of its

corniculum (ovoid or oblong in other species). The large size and strong flare of the corniculum further distinguishes it from S. vuvuzela, S. zuparkoi and S. weedlei, whose dorsal termini sometimes appear roughly circular, but have small cornicula Nielsen & Buffington: Redescription of Stentorceps with a description of five new species 603 with weak to no flaring (S. zuparkoi and S. vuvuzela also possess thinner pyriform protuberances).

Etymology

Named in honour of E.A. Abbott, the author of Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions (Abbott 1884). This story is about a two-dimensional world populated by geometric figures, with

circles as rulers. The distinctive flat, circular dorsal terminus of the corniculum of S. abbotti resembles one of the leaders of Flatland.

Holotype

Name registration. urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 4786DC56-A300-4DED-85DC-5038222F87E5.
urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts: 271840

Holotype, female: KENYA: Nyanza Province: Kaksingiris Loc., Nyamarandi, 00°30.535’S 34°11.206’E, 1251 m, 4.vii–18.vii.2006, Malaise trap, R. Copeland, USNM ENT00655729 (deposited in NMKE).

Distribution

Kenya.

Link to distribution map. http://hol.osu.edu/map-full.html?id=271840

Biology

Unknown.

References

Nielsen, M. & Buffington, M. 2011. Redescription of Stentorceps Quinlan, 1984 (Hymenoptera: Figitidae), with a description of five new species. African Entomology 19: 597–613.

Quinlan, J. 1984. Stentorceps, a remarkable new genus of eucoilid (Hymenoptera) from Africa. Systematic Entomology 9: 479–485. urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub: B28A151C-9622-4EAD-9C5C-B1D5668C9DB7.

Credits

 

Photographs © Nielsen & Buffington.

Matt Buffington (Systematic Entomology Laboratory, USDA/ARS) and Mattias Forshage (Swedish Museum of Natural History) both played an integral role in the development of the Cynipoidea pages.


Web author Simon van Noort (Iziko South African Museum)

 

Citation: van Noort, S. 2024. WaspWeb: Hymenoptera of the World. URL: www.waspweb.org (accessed on <day/month/year>).

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