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Oberthuerella Saussure

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

Oberthuerella Saussure 1890. Type species: Oberthuerella lenticularis Saussure by monotypy.

Oberthuerella abscinda Quinlan, 1979

Oberthuerella aureopilosa Benoit, 1955

Oberthuerella breviscutellaris Benoit, 1955

Oberthuerella crassicornis Benoit, 1955

Oberthuerella lenticularis Saussure, 1890

Oberthuerella longicaudata Benoit, 1955

Oberthuerella longispinosa Benoit, 1955

 

Oberthuerella nigra Kieffer, 1910

Oberthuerella nigrescens Benoit, 1955

Oberthuerella species

 

Oberthuerella tibialis Kieffer, 1904

Oberthuerella transiens (Benoit, 1955)

 

Oberthuerella triformis Quinlan, 1979

Distribution

Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Madagascar, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia.

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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