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Liopteridae

Classification of afrotropical liopterid wasps

(Life: Kingdom: Metazoa (animals); Phylum: Arthropoda; Class: Hexapoda; Order: Hymenoptera; Superfamily: Cynipoidea)

After Ronquist 1995.

  • Subfamily Mayrellinae 

    • Genus Paramblynotus Cameron, 1908

      •  yangambicola species-group

        • Paramblynotus alveolatus Liu, Ronquist & Nordlander, 2007 (Cameroon)

        • Paramblynotus mixtus Liu, Ronquist & Nordlander, 2007 (Kenya: Ukunda)

        • Paramblynotus yangambicolus (Benoit, 1956) (Democratic Republic of Congo)

      • trisetosus species-group

        • Paramblynotus angolensis Liu, Ronquist & Nordlander, 2007 (Angola)

        • Paramblynotus antistatus Liu, Ronquist & Nordlander, 2007 (Democratic Republic of Congo)

        • Paramblynotus cameroonensis Liu, Ronquist & Nordlander, 2007 (Cameroon)

        • Paramblynotus carinatus Liu, Ronquist & Nordlander, 2007 (Democratic Republic of Congo)

        • Paramblynotus claripennis Liu, Ronquist & Nordlander, 2007 (Uganda)

        • Paramblynotus coxatus Liu, Ronquist & Nordlander, 2007 (South Africa)

        • Paramblynotus diminutus Liu, Ronquist & Nordlander, 2007 (Zimbabwe)

        • Paramblynotus femoratus Liu, Ronquist & Nordlander, 2007 (South Africa)

        • Paramblynotus fuscapiculus Liu, Ronquist & Nordlander, 2007 (South Africa, Zimbabwe)

        • Paramblynotus immaculatus Liu, Ronquist & Nordlander, 2007 (Namibia)

        • Paramblynotus jacksoni Liu, Ronquist & Nordlander, 2007 (Cameroon)

        • Paramblynotus kekenboschi Liu, Ronquist & Nordlander, 2007 (Democratic Republic of Congo)

        • Paramblynotus maculipennis Liu, Ronquist & Nordlander, 2007 (Democratic Republic of Congo)

        • Paramblynotus minutus Liu, Ronquist & Nordlander, 2007 (South Africa)

        • Paramblynotus nigricornis Benoit, 1956 (Democratic Republic of Congo)

        • Paramblynotus prinslooi Liu, Ronquist & Nordlander, 2007 (South Africa)

        • Paramblynotus rwandensis Liu, Ronquist & Nordlander, 2007 (Rwanda)

        • Paramblynotus samiatus Liu, Ronquist & Nordlander, 2007 (South Africa)

        • Paramblynotus scalptus Liu, Ronquist & Nordlander, 2007 (South Africa)

        • Paramblynotus trisetosus Benoit, 1956 (Democratic Republic of Congo)

        • Paramblynotus townesorum Liu, Ronquist & Nordlander, 2007 (South Africa)

        • Paramblynotus vannoorti Liu, Ronquist & Nordlander, 2007 (South Africa)

        • Paramblynotus zairensis Liu, Ronquist & Nordlander, 2007 (Democratic Republic of Congo)

  • Subfamily Oberthuerellinae

References

Liu, Z, Ronquist, F. & Nordlander, G. 2007. The cynipoid genus Paramblynotus: revision, phylogeny, and historical biogeography (Hymenoptera, Liopteridae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 304: 1-151.

Ronquist, F. 1995. Phylogeny and classification of the Liopteridae, an archaic group of cynipoid wasps (Hymenoptera). Entomologica Scandinavica Supplement 46: 1-74.

Credits

Photographs © Simon van Noort (Iziko Museums of Cape Town)

Matt Buffington (Systematic Entomology Laboratory, USDA/ARS) played an integral role in the development of the Cynipoidea pages

Web author Simon van Noort (Iziko South African Museum)

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