Distribution
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Democratic Republic of Congo.
MAP |
Diagnosis
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The entirely striate speculum sets this species apart
from
other Xenocynips, which have a dorsally striate, ventrally smooth
speculum. Another significant feature is the absence of the propodeal
spurs, which both X. subsquamata and X. rhothion both
possess. |
Etymology
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Named in honor of our friend and acclaimed hymenopterist
Fredrik Ronquist (Natural History Museum, Stockholm), who determined
this represented an undescribed species in his monograph of Liopteridae
(Ronquist, 1995). |
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.
Kieffer J.J. 1910. Nouveaux Cynipides exotiques.
Bolletino
del Laboratorio di Zoologia Generale e Agraria della R. Sciola superiore
d’Agricola di Portici 4: 329-342.
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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