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Diagnosis |
Differs from other species of Stentorceps in having a
large, heavily flared corniculum with
an ovoid dorsal terminus. The cornicula of S. vuvuzela, S. zuparkoi and
S. weedlei have similarly
shaped dorsal termini, but the cornicula are much smaller and are not
strongly flared (S. zuparkoi and S. vuvuzela also possess thinner
pyriform protuberances). Stentorceps heimdalli and S. abbotti have
cornicula of similar size to S. tubicen, but the dorsal terminus is not
egg-shaped. Stentorceps tubicen also has a smooth anterior half of the
dorsal scutellar surface, unlike S. heimdalli (which is longitudinally
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Etymology |
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Holotype |
Name registration. urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:
A78E500C-2922-47CC-8E57-F0A03512446F.
urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osucconcepts: 271822
Type material. Holotype. KENYA: Nairobi Capital Area, Karen,
i-1982–v-1982, Malaise trap, C.F.
Dewhurst (19, USNM ENT00655804). Deposited in BMNH. |
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Distribution |
Kenya, Zimbabwe. Link to
distribution map.
http://hol.osu.edu/map-full.html?id=271822 |
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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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