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Diagnosis |
This species can be distinguished from all other members of
Stentorceps by the longitudinal
striation on the anterior half of its dorsal scutellar surface (Fig.
3B), which is smooth in all other
species (cf. Fig. 3D). This species can also be recognized by the oblong
shape of the dorsal terminus of the corniculum, a shape unique to S.
heimdalli (circular and/or ovoid in all other species). |
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Etymology |
Named in honour of Heimdall, the Norse god guarding the
bridge between Midgård, the world of man, and Asgård, the realm of the
gods. He is known for his horn, the Gjallarhorn, which he would blow to
announce the beginning of Ragnarök, the end of the world. The large
corniculum of S. heimdalli is reminiscent of this horn. |
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Holotype |
Name registration. urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:
EC556386-4F75-444F-9A3E-F1B54FF5A252.
urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts: 271839
Type material. Holotype, female: KENYA: Nyanza Province: Kaksingiris
Loc., Nyamarandi,
00°30.535’S 34°11.206’E, 1251 m, 6.vi–20.vi.2006, malaise trap, R.
Copeland, USNM ENT00655766 (deposited in NMKE). |
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Distribution |
Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda, Somalia, South
Africa. Link to distribution map.
http://hol.osu.edu/map-full.html?id=271839 |
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Biology |
Unknown. |
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References |
Nielsen, M. & Buffington, M. 2011.
Redescription of Stentorceps Quinlan, 1984 (Hymenoptera: Figitidae), with
a description of five new species.
African Entomology 19: 597–613.
Quinlan, J. 1984.
Stentorceps, a remarkable new genus of eucoilid (Hymenoptera) from
Africa. Systematic Entomology 9: 479–485. urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:
B28A151C-9622-4EAD-9C5C-B1D5668C9DB7. |
Credits
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Photographs © Nielsen & Buffington.
Matt Buffington (Systematic Entomology Laboratory, USDA/ARS) and Mattias Forshage (Swedish Museum of Natural History) both played an integral role in the development of the Cynipoidea pages.
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