Distribution
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Uganda.
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Diagnosis
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Closely related to O.
nigrescens Benoit, but pubescence on metasoma and legs silvery white
instead of golden orange, and face, pronotal and mesopleural sculpture
different: pronotum laterally with longitudinal striations; mesopleuron
anteriorly with strong longitudinal striations grading into weak
punctures in dorso-posterior half; metasoma (except for tergites 1,2 and
6, which are black) and legs reddish brown; fine scattered white
pubescence on upper lateral surface of metasomal segments 5–7,
as well as on hind femur and all tibia and tarsi; face with strong
striations meeting between anterior tentorial pits; eye length equal to
cheek length, whereas O. nigrescens eye length is distinctly
longer (1.23X) than length of gena.
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Etymology
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Named
after Kibale Forest, Uganda, the type locality. |
Biology
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Unknown. |
References
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Benoit, P.L.G. 1955. Les Liopteridae Oberthurellinae du Congo
Belge. Revue de
Zoologie et de Botanique Africaines
52: 283–293.
Buffington, M.L. & van Noort, S. 2012.
Revision of
the Afrotropical Oberthuerellinae (Cynipoidea: Liopteridae). Zookeys
202: 1-154.
Quinlan, J. 1979. A revisionary classification of
the Cynipoidea (Hymenoptera) of the Ethiopian Zoogeographical Region.
Aspicerinae (Figitidae) and Oberthuerellinae (Liopteridae). Bulletin
of the British Museum of Natural History (Entomology) 39: 85-133.
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
© Simon van Noort (Iziko Museums of South Africa).
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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