Oberthuerella_cyclopia

Oberthuerella cyclopia Buffington & van Noort

Oberthuerella cyclopia Buffington & van Noort, 2012. Holotype: MCZC Type Locality: Medje, 02°25'N 27°15'E (Democratic Republic of Congo)

Distribution	Democratic Republic of Congo. MAP
Diagnosis	Distinguished from other Oberthuerella by dorsally crenulate, ventrally shagreened speculum. Most easily confused with O. lenticularis, but separated by the median keel on face extending beyond the toruli (ending before ventral margin of toruli in O. lenticularis).
Etymology	Cyclops is a Greek name for a mythical, giant primordial race of humanoids with a single eye in their forehead; the name refers to the unusually large size of this species.
Biology	Unknown.
References	Benoit, P.L.G. 1955. Les Liopteridae Oberthurellinae du Congo Belge. Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaines 52: 283–293. Buffington, M.L. & van Noort, S. 2012. Revision of the Afrotropical Oberthuerellinae (Cynipoidea: Liopteridae). Zookeys 202: 1-154. 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.
Credits	Photographs © Matt Buffington (Systematic Entomology Laboratory, USDA/ARS).
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