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Leptopilina
species (Kenya) |
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Leptopilina africana (Kieffer, 1911) (Rwanda)
Leptopilina apella Quinlan, 1988 (Democratic Republic of Congo, Madagascar)
Leptopilina aequorea (Yoshimoto, 1962)
Leptopilina areolata (Kieffer, 1901)
Leptopilina
ashmeadi Dalla Torre & Kieffer
Leptopilina atraticeps (Kieffer, 1911) (Nigeria, Seychelles)
Leptopilina atriclavata (Ashmead, 1896)
Leptopilina
australis (Belizin, 1966)
Leptopilina boliviensis (Kieffer, 1908)
Leptopilina boulardi (Barbotin, Carton & Kelner-Pillault, 1979) (Democratic Republic of
Congo, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Madagascar, Republic of Congo,
Seychelles, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe; worldwide distributed
species)
Leptopilina cavernicola (Kieffer, 1913) (Tanzania)
Leptopilina cerina (Hedicke, 1922)
Leptopilina
clavipes (Hartig, 1841)
Leptopilina cupulifera (Kieffer, 1916)
Leptopilina
decemflagella Lue & Buffington, 2016 (USA)
Leptopilina drosophilae (Kieffer, 1913) (Guinea)
Leptopilina dulcis (Quinlan, 1988) (Democratic Republic of Congo, Madagascar)
Leptopilina fannius Quinlan, 1988 (Democratic Republic of Congo)
Leptopilina faunus Quinlan, 1988 (Democratic Republic of Congo)
Leptopilina fenerivae (Kieffer, 1910) (Madagascar)
Leptopilina fimbriata (Kieffer, 1901) (Palaearctic species, also recorded from
Afrotropical)
Leptopilina freyae Allemand & Nordlander, 2002 (Benin, Gambia, Kenya)
Leptopilina grandissima (Yoshimoto, 1962)
Leptopilina guineaensis Allemand & Nordlander, 2002 (Benin, Cameroon, Republic of Congo,
Reunion, South Africa, Sao Tomé)
Leptopilina heterotoma (Thomson, 1862) (Democratic Republic of Congo, Madagascar; worldwide
distributed species)
Leptopilina itys Quinlan, 1988 (Democratic Republic of Congo, Zimbabwe) |
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Leptopilina japonica Novković & Kimura, 2011 (Japan, Taiwan) |
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Leptopilina
lasallei Buffington and Guerrieri, 2020 (China) |
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Leptopilina lateralis (Yoshimoto, 1963)
Leptopilina leipsi Lue & Buffington, 2016 (USA)
Leptopilina lonchaeae (Cameron, 1912)
Leptopilina longipes (Hartig, 1841)
Leptopilina mahensis (Kieffer, 1911) (Seychelles)
Leptopilina maia Lue & Buffington, 2016 (USA)
Leptopilina maria (Girault, 1930)
Leptopilina marquesiana (Kinsey,
1939) (Australia)
Leptopilina mellosa (Kinsey,
1938) (Australia)
Leptopilina misensus Quinlan, 1988 (Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda)
Leptopilina negatrix (Kinsey,
1938) (Australia)
Leptopilina nigroclavata (Kieffer, 1907)
Leptopilina orta (Kinsey, 1938)
(Australia)
Leptopilina orientalis Allemand & Nordlander, 2002 (Comoros, Madagascar, Reunion)
Leptopilina pacifica Novković & Kimura, 2011 (Indonesia,
Japan)
Leptopilina philippinarum (Kieffer, 1916)
Leptopilina pisonis Quinlan, 1988 (Democratic Republic of Congo)
Leptopilina punctata (Kieffer, 1901)
Leptopilina rufipes (Cameron, 1908)
Leptopilina rugipunctata (Yoshimoto, 1962)
Leptopilina ryukyuensis Novković & Kimura, 2011
(Indonesia, Japan, Taiwan)
Leptopilina syphax Quinlan, 1988 (Democratic Republic of Congo)
Leptopilina thetus Quinlan, 1988 (Democratic Republic of Congo, South Africa)
Leptopilina tokioensis Wachi & Kimura, 2015
Leptopilina tsushimaensis Wachi & Kimura, 2015
Leptopilina vestaQuinlan, 1988 (Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo)
Leptopilina victoriae Nordlander, 1980 (Democratic Republic of Congo, Ivory Coast, Madagascar, Mauritius,
Seychelles, South Africa, Uganda. Also Oriental: Indonesia, Japan,
Malaysia, Thailand)
Leptopilina vitellinipes (Kieffer, 1907) |
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Distribution |
Worldwide. Afrotropical records: Cameroon, Democratic
Republic of Congo, Madagascar, Nigeria, Seychelles, South Africa,
Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe (Quinlan 1986), Benin, Comoros, Gambia,
Ivory Coast, Kenya, Mauritius, Republic of Congo, Reunion, Sao Tomé
(Allemand et al. 2002), Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Central
African Republic, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Malawi, Rwanda, St Helena,
Tanzania, Yemen (van Noort et al., 2015). |
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Biology |
Well-known for attacking Drosophilidae in
various habitats (van Alphen et al. 1991; Buffington 2007; Buffington et
al. 2012; Girod et al. 2018; Lee et al. 2009; Novkovic et al. 2011; etc), including in
Africa (Allemand et al. 2002; Nordlander 1980). |
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References |
Allemand, R., C. Lemaitre, F. Frey, M. Bouletreau, F. Vavre, G.
Nordlander, J. van Alphen and Y. Carton. 2002. Phylogeny of six African
Leptopilina species (Hymenoptera: Cynipoidea, Figitidae), parasitoids of
Drosophila, with description of three new species. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Fr.
38: 319–332.
Buffington, M. L. 2007. The
occurrence and phylogenetic implications of the ovipositor clip within the
Figitidae (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Cynipoidea). J. Nat. His. 41: 2267–2282.
Buffington, M. L., S. Brady, S. Morita, and S. van Noort.
2012. Divergence estimates and early evolutionary history of
Figitidae (Hymenoptera: Cynipoidea). Systematic Entomology 37:
287–304.
Buffington ML, Forshage M, Liljeblad J, Tang CT, van Noort, S. 2020.
World Cynipoidea (Hymenoptera):a key to higher-level groups. Insect Systematics and Diversity
4(4): 1–69.
https://doi.org/10.1093/isd/ixaa003
Buffington ML, Giorgini M, Lue C-H,
Formisano G, Cascone P, Forshage M, Driskell A & Guerrieri E. 2020.
Description of the aberrant Leptopilina lasallei n. sp., with an
updated phylogeny of Leptopilina Förster (Hymenoptera: Figitidae:
Eucoilinae). Journal of Natural History 54: 565-583.
https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2020.1754483
Girod, P., Lierhmann, O., Urvois, T., Turlings, T., Kenis, M.,
& Haye, T. 2018. Host specificity of Asian parasitoids
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Lue, C. H., A. Driskell, J. Leips, and M. L. Buffington. 2016.
Review of the genus Leptopilina (Hymenoptera, Cynipoidea,
Figitidae, Eucoilinae) from the Eastern United States, including three
newly described species. J. Hym. Res. 53: 35–76.
Nordlander, G. 1980.
Revision of the genus Leptopilina Förster, 1869, with notes on the status
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Novkovic, B., H.
Mitsui, A. Suwito, and M. T. Kimura. 2011. Taxonomy and phylogeny of
Leptopilina species (Hymenoptera: Cynipoidea: Figitidae) attacking
frugivorous drosophilid flies in Japan, with description of three new species.
Entomological Science 14: 333–346.
Quinlan, J. 1986. A key to the Afrotropical genera of
Eucoilidae (Hymenoptera), with a revision of certain genera. Bull. Br. Mus.
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van Noort, S, Buffington ML & Forshage, M. 2015.
Afrotropical Cynipoidea (Hymenoptera). ZooKeys 493: 1-176. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.493.6353
Vogel J, Martin J, Forshage M, Salden T, Staverløkk A, Verheyde F, Nordlander G, Herz A, Peters RS. 2025. The Leptopilina Förster, 1869 of the Western Palearctic, and an updated list of the world species (Hymenoptera, Figitidae, Eucoilinae). Journal of Hymenoptera Research 98: 915–969. https://doi.org/10.3897/jhr.98.165583
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Credits
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Photographs © Warren H. L. Wong (Simon Fraser
University, BC, Canada), or
© Matt Buffington (Systematic Entomology Laboratory, USDA/ARS).
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