Species Stichotrema acutipenis (Kogan & Oliveira, 1964)

Museums

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• Caenocholax (Rhipidicolax) acutipenis Kogan, M. & Oliveira, S.J. 1964. New Guinean Mengeidae and Myrmecolacidae of the American Museum of Natural History (Strepsiptera). Studia Entomologica 7: 459-470 [467] [as Caenocholax (Rhipidicolax) acutipen(n)is Kogan & Oliveira, 1964, see Kinzelbach, R.K. 1971. Morphologische Befunde an Fächerflüglern und ihre phylogenetische Bedeutung (Insecta: Strepsiptera). Zoologica (Stuttgart) 41(119): 129–256].

  Type data:

   Holotype AMNH ♂ adult, Gurakor, Wampit River Valley, Morobe Province, 45 miles from Lae, Papua New Guinea.

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

NE coastal, QLD; also Sri Lanka, New Guinea, Borneo.

Ecological Descriptors

Endoparasitic, male—volant, parasitoid.

Extra Ecological Information

Host (Sexava sp. [Orthoptera]).

General References

Kathirithamby, J. 1993. Myrmecolacidae (Strepsiptera) from Australia. Invertebrate Taxonomy 7: 859-873

Kifune, T. & Hirashima, Y. 1983. Records of the Strepsiptera from Australia and Sri Lanka in the collection of the Smithsonian Institution, with the descriptions of four new species (Notulae Strepsipterologicae—XI). Esakia 20: 157-165 (Stichotrema acutipenis confirmed as correct specific name under Article 32(b) of ICZN)

Kifune, T. & Hirashima,Y. 1989. Taxonomic studies on the Strepsiptera in the collection of Bishop Museum. Notulae Strepsipterologicae—XX. Esakia 28: 11-48

Kinzelbach, R.K. 1971. Morphologische Befunde an Fächerflüglern und ihre phylogenetische Bedeutung (Insecta: Strepsiptera). Zoologica (Stuttgart) 41(119): 129-256 [158] (as Stichotrema acutipenis Kogan & Oliveira, 1964)

Kogan, M. & Oliveira, S.J. 1964. New Guinean Mengeidae and Myrmecolacidae of the American Museum of Natural History (Strepsiptera). Studia Entomologica 7: 459-470 (the synonymy of this species with Stichotrema dallatorreanum Hofeneder 1910 given by Luna de Carvallo, E. 1973. Estudo sobre 'Mantidoxenos argentinus' (Myrmecolax ogloblini), nom.nov. (Insecta Strepsiptera Myrmecolacidae). Ciência Biológica 1: 51–56 [51] has not been generally accepted)

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