Distribution
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Congo.
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Diagnosis
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Closely resembles T.
roberti and T. copelandi in having the medial area of the
forewing hyaline; distinguished from these species by having two
distinct infuscate patches on the forewing. This species is further
distinguished by the very distinctive wave-like texturing of the cuticle
on the lateral aspects of the pronotum (areolate in other species of
Tessmannella). |
Etymology
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Named in honor of Rudyard Kipling, author of Just So Stories and others about Africa. |
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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