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Oberthuerella nigrescens Benoit

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

Oberthuerella nigrescens Benoit 1955. Holotype: in Africa Museum, Tervuren. Type Locality: Eala, Democratic Republic of Congo.
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Oberthuerella_nigrescens_HT_female_head_mesosoma_lateral Oberthuerella_nigrescens_HT_female_antenna
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Oberthuerella_nigrescens_HT_female_metasoma_dorsal Oberthuerella_nigrescens_HT_female_metasoma_lateral
Oberthuerella_nigrescens_HT_female_hind_femur Oberthuerella_nigrescens_HT_female_wings
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Oberthuerella_nigrescens_HT_female_slide Oberthuerella_nigrescens_HT_female_labels

Distribution

Democratic Republic of Congo.

Biology

Unknown.

References

Benoit, P.L.G. 1955. Les Liopteridae Oberthurellinae du Congo Belge. Revue de Zoologie

et de Botanique Africaines 52: 283–293.

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)

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