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<document ID-DOI="http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.493.6353" ID-GBIF-Dataset="a15ec661-e796-4207-8509-756590c75c0e" ID-PMC="PMC4389221" ID-Pensoft-Pub="1313-2970-493-1" ID-PubMed="25878545" ID-ZBK="1FBFFA4CA71F495CAD22F2EB680FEF95" ModsDocAuthor="" ModsDocDate="2015" ModsDocID="1313-2970-493-1" ModsDocOrigin="ZooKeys 493" ModsDocTitle="Afrotropical Cynipoidea (Hymenoptera)" checkinTime="1451244490299" checkinUser="pensoft" docAuthor="Noort, Simon van, Buffington, Matthew L. & Forshage, Mattias" docDate="2015" docId="80C28BE917292C2ED3C84CDEC36500EB" docLanguage="en" docName="ZooKeys 493: 1-176" docOrigin="ZooKeys 493" docSource="http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.493.6353" docTitle="Afrodontaspis Weld 1961" docType="treatment" docVersion="3" lastPageNumber="84" masterDocId="DD2DFF8EFFC4FFA2FFD7FFE4FFB46007" masterDocTitle="Afrotropical Cynipoidea (Hymenoptera)" masterLastPageNumber="176" masterPageNumber="1" pageNumber="81" updateTime="1668160156725" updateUser="ExternalLinkService">
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<mods:title>Afrotropical Cynipoidea (Hymenoptera)</mods:title>
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<mods:namePart>Noort, Simon van</mods:namePart>
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<mods:roleTerm>Author</mods:roleTerm>
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<mods:namePart>Buffington, Matthew L.</mods:namePart>
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<mods:namePart>Forshage, Mattias</mods:namePart>
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<mods:date>2015</mods:date>
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<mods:number>493</mods:number>
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<mods:url>http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.493.6353</mods:url>
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<mods:identifier type="DOI">http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.493.6353</mods:identifier>
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<mods:identifier type="Pensoft-Pub">1313-2970-493-1</mods:identifier>
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<treatment ID-GBIF-Taxon="152059184" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:80C28BE917292C2ED3C84CDEC36500EB" httpUri="http://treatment.plazi.org/id/80C28BE917292C2ED3C84CDEC36500EB" lastPageId="83" lastPageNumber="84" pageId="80" pageNumber="81">
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<paragraph pageId="80" pageNumber="81">Taxon classification Animalia Hymenoptera Figitidae</paragraph>
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<taxonomicName authority="Weld, 1961" authorityName="Weld" authorityYear="1961" class="Insecta" family="Figitidae" genus="Afrodontaspis" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Afrodontaspis" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="80" pageNumber="81" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Afrodontaspis Weld, 1961</taxonomicName>
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<subSubSection lastPageId="81" lastPageNumber="82" pageId="80" pageNumber="81" type="remarks">
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<paragraph pageId="80" pageNumber="81">Remarks.</paragraph>
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<paragraph lastPageId="81" lastPageNumber="82" pageId="80" pageNumber="81">
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Rare.
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Figitidae" genus="Afrodontaspis" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Afrodontaspis" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="81" pageNumber="82" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
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<pageBreakToken pageId="81" pageNumber="82" start="start">Afrodontaspis</pageBreakToken>
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</taxonomicName>
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was first characterised as superficially similar to the Neotropical
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<taxonomicName class="Hexapoda" family="Figitidae" genus="Trissodontaspis" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Trissodontaspis" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="81" pageNumber="82" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Trissodontaspis</taxonomicName>
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Ashmead, 1903 (
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<bibRefCitation author="Weld, LH" journalOrPublisher="Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington" pageId="161" pageNumber="162" pagination="279 - 280" title="New synonymy in Cynipoidea (Hymenoptera)." volume="63" year="1962">Weld 1962</bibRefCitation>
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) and then
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<bibRefCitation author="Quinlan, J" journalOrPublisher="Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Historical series" pageId="158" pageNumber="159" pagination="243 - 366" title="A key to the Afrotropical genera of Eucoilidae (Hymenoptera), with a revision of certain genera." volume="52" year="1986">Quinlan (1986)</bibRefCitation>
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noted it had affinities with
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<taxonomicName class="Hexapoda" family="Figitidae" genus="Bothrochacis" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Bothrochacis" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="81" pageNumber="82" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Bothrochacis</taxonomicName>
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. In fact
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Figitidae" genus="Afrodontaspis" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Afrodontaspis" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="81" pageNumber="82" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Afrodontaspis</taxonomicName>
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shares most of the systematically important character states with
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<taxonomicName class="Hexapoda" family="Figitidae" genus="Bothrochacis" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Bothrochacis" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="81" pageNumber="82" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Bothrochacis</taxonomicName>
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, and may possibly turn out to be an ingroup there (and accordingly a junior synonym); however, preliminary phylogenetic analyses (
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<normalizedToken originalValue="Baião">Baiao</normalizedToken>
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and Forshage, unpublished) have not confirmed this, and we maintain it as a separate genus.
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</paragraph>
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<subSubSection lastPageId="82" lastPageNumber="83" pageId="81" pageNumber="82" type="diagnosis">
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<paragraph pageId="81" pageNumber="82">Diagnosis.</paragraph>
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<paragraph lastPageId="82" lastPageNumber="83" pageId="81" pageNumber="82">
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Large, black or reddish wasps with very little pubescence on body and wings; unmistakable in their heavy striation and scutellar spine, yet sharing most of the systematically informative characters with
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<taxonomicName class="Hexapoda" family="Figitidae" genus="Bothrochacis" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Bothrochacis" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="82" pageNumber="83" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
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<pageBreakToken pageId="82" pageNumber="83" start="start">Bothrochacis</pageBreakToken>
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</taxonomicName>
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. Like
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<taxonomicName class="Hexapoda" family="Figitidae" genus="Bothrochacis" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Bothrochacis" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="82" pageNumber="83" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Bothrochacis</taxonomicName>
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with striate vertex, and like some
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<taxonomicName class="Hexapoda" family="Figitidae" genus="Bothrochacis" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Bothrochacis" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="82" pageNumber="83" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Bothrochacis</taxonomicName>
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with vermiculate coxae and notched scutellum, but
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<taxonomicName class="Hexapoda" family="Figitidae" genus="Bothrochacis" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Bothrochacis" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="82" pageNumber="83" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Bothrochacis</taxonomicName>
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always has many setae and no striation on the mesosoma.
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<taxonomicName class="Hexapoda" family="Figitidae" genus="Linoeucoila" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Linoeucoila" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="82" pageNumber="83" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Linoeucoila</taxonomicName>
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are similar but smaller, without a scutellar spine, and with many setae on the mesosoma. The scutellar spine is thinner and more pointed than in
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Figitidae" genus="Trichoplasta" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Trichoplasta" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="82" pageNumber="83" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Trichoplasta</taxonomicName>
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. General appearance may also approach members of
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<taxonomicName lsidName="" pageId="82" pageNumber="83" rank="subfamily" subfamily="Aspicerinae">Aspicerinae</taxonomicName>
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and
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<taxonomicName lsidName="" pageId="82" pageNumber="83" rank="subfamily" subfamily="Figitinae">Figitinae</taxonomicName>
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with striate sides and reduced wing pubescence, but these lack the characteristic eucoiline scutellum.
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<caption pageId="82" pageNumber="83">
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<paragraph pageId="82" pageNumber="83">
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Figure 24.
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Figitidae" genus="Afrodontaspis" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Afrodontaspis striatissima" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="82" pageNumber="83" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="striatissima">Afrodontaspis striatissima</taxonomicName>
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(Uganda). A habitus lateral view B head and mesosoma dorsal view C head, anterior view.
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</paragraph>
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<subSubSection pageId="83" pageNumber="84" type="distribution">
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<paragraph pageId="83" pageNumber="84">
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<pageBreakToken pageId="83" pageNumber="84" start="start">Distribution</pageBreakToken>
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.
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<paragraph pageId="83" pageNumber="84">
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Endemic to the Afrotopical region: Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo (
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<bibRefCitation author="Benoit, PLG" journalOrPublisher="Annales Musee Royal du Congo Belge, Tervuren (serie 8)" pageId="149" pageNumber="150" pagination="532 - 550" title="Contributions a l'etude de la faune entomologique du Ruanda-Urundi (Mission P. Basilewsky 1953). CIX. HymenopteraCynipidae." volume="51" year="1956 a">Benoit 1956a</bibRefCitation>
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), Kenya, Uganda (
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<bibRefCitation author="Quinlan, J" journalOrPublisher="Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Historical series" pageId="158" pageNumber="159" pagination="243 - 366" title="A key to the Afrotropical genera of Eucoilidae (Hymenoptera), with a revision of certain genera." volume="52" year="1986">Quinlan 1986</bibRefCitation>
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), Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Gambia, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia (here).
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<subSubSection pageId="83" pageNumber="84" type="biology">
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<paragraph pageId="83" pageNumber="84">Biology.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="83" pageNumber="84">Unknown, but like its close relatives, and like other species with glabrous wing membranes and striated body, it can be expected to attack dung-dwelling flies.</paragraph>
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<subSubSection pageId="83" pageNumber="84" type="species richness">
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<paragraph pageId="83" pageNumber="84">Species richness.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="83" pageNumber="84">
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Figitidae" genus="Afrodontaspis" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Afrodontaspis lanata" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="83" pageNumber="84" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="lanata">Afrodontaspis lanata</taxonomicName>
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Quinlan, 1986 (Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya)
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<paragraph pageId="83" pageNumber="84">
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Figitidae" genus="Afrodontaspis" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Afrodontaspis striatissima" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="83" pageNumber="84" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="striatissima">Afrodontaspis striatissima</taxonomicName>
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(Benoit, 1956a) (
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Figitidae" genus="Coneucoila" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Metazoa" lsidName="Coneucoila" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="83" pageNumber="84" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Coneucoila</taxonomicName>
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) (Burkina Faso, Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Gambia, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda)
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</paragraph>
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