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Oberthuerella abscinda Quinlan

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

Oberthuerella abscinda Quinlan 1979. Holotype: Natural History Museum, London. Type Locality:
 

Distribution

Democratic Republic of Congo, Zambia.

Biology

Unknown.

Reference

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

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