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Figites aciculatus (Benoit)
(Life:
Kingdom: Metazoa (animals);
Phylum: Arthropoda;
Class: Hexapoda; Order:
Hymenoptera;
Superfamily: Cynipoidea; Family:
Figitidae; Subfamily:
Figitinae: Genus:
Figites)
Xyalophora aciculata
Benoit, 1956.
Holotype in Royal Museum of Central Africa, Tervuren (RMCA).
Type Locality: Kivu, Ibanda (Democratic Republic of Congo).
Figites aciculatus
(Benoit, 1956).
Combination by Jiménez & Pujade-Villar, 2008.
Figites effossus Benoit, 1956.
Synonymy by van Noort et al., 2014.
Figites favonius Benoit, 1956.
Synonymy by van Noort et al., 2014.
Figites fraudator Benoit, 1956.
Synonymy by van Noort et al., 2014.
Figites furvus Benoit, 1956.
Synonymy by van Noort et al., 2014. |
Holotype female (RMCA) |
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Non-type male (CNCI) |
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Female: Kenya, ICIPE Aug 2020.
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Male: Kenya, Kongor ICIPE Dec 2022.
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Distribution |
Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya. |
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Biology |
Unknown. |
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References |
Benoit, P.L.G. 1956. Figitinae nouveaux du Congo Belge (Cynip.-Figitidae).
Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaines 53:
377–384.
Jiménez,
M., Paretas-Martínez J. & Pujade-Villar, J. 2008. Revision of
Xyalophora Kieffer and description of Xyalophoroides gen. n.
(Hymenoptera: Figitidae: Figitinae). European Journal of Entomology
105: 751–769.
van Noort, S, Buffington ML & Forshage, M. 2015.
Afrotropical Cynipoidea (Hymenoptera). ZooKeys 493: 1-176. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.493.6353
van Noort, S, Buffington ML & Forshage, M. 2014.
Review of Afrotropical Figitinae (Figitidae, Cynipoidea, Hymenoptera) with the
first records of Neralsia and Lonchidia for the region.
ZooKeys 453: 37–69.
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.453.8511
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Credits
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Photographs and map illustration © Simon van Noort (Iziko Museums of South Africa).
Photographs of Kenyan specimens
© Bob Copeland (ICIPE).
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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Next genus:
Lonchidia |
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