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Diagnosis |
Easily distinguished from all other species of Stentorceps
by the small spine found immediately
dorsal to the clypeal medial protuberance. Most easily confused with S.
zuparkoi in all other aspects except for the shape of the
pyriformprotuberances: S. weedlei has broad pyriformprotuberances, while
those of S. zuparkoi are thin. |
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Etymology |
Named in honour of the creature Weedle, a hymenopteran
larva from the Pokémon video game series (Game Freak, Creatures Inc.,
1998). Weedle shares the distinguishing character of S. weedlei, a spine
in the middle of its head. |
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Holotype |
Name registration. urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:
888D394F-DA01-4BA7-BDA4-BA364873AFDB.
urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts: 271838
Type material. Holotype, female:MADAGASCAR: Fianarantsoa Auto. Province:
Vohiparara, broken bridge, high altitude rainforest, MA-02-09A-01,
Ranomafana National Park, 21°13.57’S 47°22.19’E, 1100 m, 16.x–8.xi.2001,
malaise trap, M. Irwin & R. Harin’Hala, USNM ENT00655745 (deposited in
CASC). |
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Distribution |
Botswana, Madagascar. Link to
distribution map.
http://hol.osu.edu/map-full.html?id=271838 |
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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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