Stereostoma
Kipling Will
- Stereostoma usambaricum
- Stereostoma titschacki
- Stereostoma senegalense
- Stereostoma sansibaricum
- Stereostoma rhodesianum
- Stereostoma praecellens
- Stereostoma kuntzeni
- Stereostoma jeanneli
- Stereostoma interstitiale
- Stereostoma ingens
- Stereostoma inscisum
- Stereostoma hirtipenne
- Stereostoma guineense
- Stereostoma girardi
- Stereostoma erythraeum
- Stereostoma ertli
- Stereostoma corpulentum
- Stereostoma conradti
- Stereostoma clarkei
- Stereostoma camerunum
- Stereostoma balbisi
- Stereostoma angolense
- Stereostoma whitei
- Stereostoma tenebriodes
- Stereostoma stuhlmanni
- Stereostoma solidum
- Stereostoma punctisternum
- Stereostoma punctatum
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 Müller) are separable using Straneo's (1991) key to species.
Title Illustrations
| Scientific Name | Stereostoma sp. |
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| Location | Africa |
| Specimen Condition | Dead Specimen |
| Life Cycle Stage | Adult |
| View | Dorsal |
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