Revision of the Afrotropical Oberthuerellinae (Cynipoidea, Liopteridae)

Abstract

The Afrotropical Oberthuerellinae are revised, and new dichotomous and multi-entry keys to the species of Oberthuerella, Tessmannella, and Xenocynips are provided. All previously described species in these genera are redescribed; descriptions are augmented by color images of the holotype for each species. The following 11 species are described as new: Oberthuerella cyclopia Buffington & van Noort; O. eschara Buffington & van Noort; O. kibalensis van Noort & Buffington; O. pardolatus Buffington & van Noort; O. sharkeyi Buffington & van Noort; O. simba Buffington & van Noort; Tessmannella copelandi Buffington & van Noort; T. kiplingi Buffington & van Noort; T. roberti Buffington & van Noort; Xenocynips rhothion Buffington & van Noort; and X. ronquisti Buffington & van Noort. We provide identification keys to the genera and species occurring in the Afrotropical region. Online dichotomous and interactive Lucid keys to genera and species are available at http://www.waspweb.org/Cynipoidea/Keys/index.htm