Stereostoma
Kipling Will
- Stereostoma punctatum
- Stereostoma punctisternum
- Stereostoma solidum
- Stereostoma stuhlmanni
- Stereostoma tenebriodes
- Stereostoma whitei
- Stereostoma angolense
- Stereostoma balbisi
- Stereostoma camerunum
- Stereostoma clarkei
- Stereostoma conradti
- Stereostoma corpulentum
- Stereostoma ertli
- Stereostoma erythraeum
- Stereostoma girardi
- Stereostoma guineense
- Stereostoma hirtipenne
- Stereostoma inscisum
- Stereostoma ingens
- Stereostoma interstitiale
- Stereostoma jeanneli
- Stereostoma kuntzeni
- Stereostoma praecellens
- Stereostoma rhodesianum
- Stereostoma sansibaricum
- Stereostoma senegalense
- Stereostoma titschacki
- Stereostoma usambaricum
Introduction
Stereostoma (s.str.) contains six species from western Africa. The 22 species of Stereostoma (Stereodema) are known from western and west-central Africa. Species may be associated with termites.
Characteristics
Large deep-bodied species with prominent eyes that lack the prominent temples found in other morionine taxa.
Discussion of Phylogenetic Relationships
Stereostoma s.lat. lacks many of the characteristics presumed to be derived for typical morionines. The most obvious morionine features of the head, e.g., the prominent temples and emargination of the labrum and clypeus, are not observed in Stereostoma. Several autapomorphies distinguish Stereostoma, including the complete enclosure of the apex of tarsomere 5, apical margin of the labrum with only 4 setae in some species (6 in all other Morionini), and supernumary setae of the pronotal margin (found in some Morion and Moriosomus species). Stereostoma (s.str.) species lack the maxillary and antennal characteristics of Stereostoma (Stereodema) Chaudoir and are most likely paraphyletic relative to Stereodema. No identification key is available for these species. Stereostoma (Stereodema) species (except S. praecellens M?ller) are separable using Straneo's (1991) key to species.
Title Illustrations
| Scientific Name | Stereostoma sp. |
|---|---|
| Location | Africa |
| Specimen Condition | Dead Specimen |
| Life Cycle Stage | Adult |
| View | Dorsal |
| Copyright | © 2005 Kipling Will |
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Kipling Will
Essig Museum of Entomology
University of California, Berkeley, CA
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- First online 21 February 2005
Citing this page:
Will, Kipling. 2005. Stereostoma. Version 21 February 2005 (under construction). http://tolweb.org/Stereostoma/26968/2005.02.21 in The Tree of Life Web Project, http://tolweb.org/
