Distribution
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Kenya.
MAP |
Diagnosis
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This species
is closely related to T. kiplingi and T. roberti, which
have the forewing basally hyaline and the posterior margins of metasoma
T3-T4 straight. This species can be distinguished from T. kiplingi
and T. roberti by having the central area of the scutellum
completely smooth (areolate to foveate in the latter species). |
Etymology
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Named after
our friend and acclaimed African entomologist Robert Copeland (ICIPE,
Kenya), collector of the type series for this species. |
Biology
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Unknown. |
References
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Buffington, M.L. & van Noort, S. 2012.
Revision of
the Afrotropical Oberthuerellinae (Cynipoidea: Liopteridae). Zookeys
202: 1-154.
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
© Matt Buffington
(Systematic Entomology Laboratory, USDA/ARS)
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Next genus:
Xenocynips
Next species: Tessmannella nigra |
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