Liopteridae keys

Keys to liopterid wasps of the Afrotropical region

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

Users can choose between three different key formats depending on their personal preference. Although Lucid Phoenix keys are interactive keys they are still dichotomous and a choice needs to be made at each key couplet to continue. Lucid matrix keys, on the other hand, use a different approach where relevant states from multiple character features can be selected independently until identification is achieved. For more information concerning Lucid keys visit www.lucidcentral.org.

Liopteridae

Key to Afrotropical genera of Liopteridae.

Lucid Phoenix key

Standard Dichotomus key

Lucid Matrix key

Oberthuerella
	Key to world species of Oberthuerella.	Lucid Phoenix key	Standard Dichotomus key

Tessmannella
	Key to world species of Tessmannella.	Lucid Phoenix key	Standard Dichotomus key

Xenocynips
	Key to world species of Xenocynips.	Lucid Phoenix key	Standard Dichotomus key

Paramblynotus
	Key to Afrotropical species of Paramblynotus.	Lucid Phoenix key	Standard Dichotomus key

Oberthuerellinae
	Key to Afrotropical species of Oberthuerellinae (Oberthuerella; Tessmannella; Xenocynips)	Lucid Matrix key

System requirements

Java Runtime Environment (JRE) version 1.4.1 or greater must be installed. To check if you have Java installed on your system type "Java -version" in a Command prompt (Windows) or Terminal console (Mac, Unix).

If you receive an unknown command error message or your Java build number is less than 1.4.1 then you need to install the latest (free) edition of JRE, which can be found at http://www.Java.sun.com

References

Buffington, M.L. & van Noort, S. 2012. Revision of the Afrotropical Oberthuerellinae (Cynipoidea: Liopteridae). Zookeys

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.

Quinlan, J. 1979. A revisionary classification of the Cynipoidea (Hymenoptera) of the Ethiopian Zoogeographical Region. Aspicerinae (Figitidae) and Oberthuerellinae (Liopteridae). Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History (Entomology) 39: 85-133.

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

Liopteridae keys

Keys to liopterid wasps of the Afrotropical region

System requirements

References

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