Distribution
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Ivory Coast,
Madagascar, Malawi, South Africa.
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Diagnosis
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Distinguished from other species of Oberthuerella by the
extremely short vertical keel on the face, not extending beyond the
toruli; this feature is also shared with O. triformis, but in
this latter species, the scutellar spine is remarkably short, whereas in
O. lenticularis, the scutellar spine is roughly equal in length
to the petiole. Finally, the pronotal and mesoscutal sculpture in O.
lenticularis is deeply foveate, so much so that the general
appearance of this species craggy. |
Note on Holotype
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This name
was originally published as an image with an associated name in a larger
volume on Madagascar (Saussure, 1890). Article 12.2.7 of IZCN (2000)
stipulates the image of O. lenticularis satisfies indication of a
new genus and species, even though no description nore holotype was
provided. Thus, the genus and species names are available, and the
illustration of Saussure (1890) serves as the holotype. |
Biology
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Unknown. |
References
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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
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Photographs
© Simon van Noort (Iziko Museums of South Africa) or ©
Matt Buffington
(Systematic Entomology Laboratory, USDA/ARS).
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