Norbanus seyrigi (Risbec), 2015
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Norbanus seyrigi (Risbec) View in CoL
( Figs 179–186 View FIGURES 179–186 )
Habrocytus seyrigi Risbec, 1952: 338 View in CoL .
Norbanus seyrigi (Risbec) View in CoL comb. nov.
Diagnosis. BOTH SEXES. Head and mesosoma blue-green ( Figs 179–182, 186 View FIGURES 179–186 ); hind femur dark brown, hind tibia yellow ( Figs 179, 186 View FIGURES 179–186 ). Head without distinct elevation between eye and posterior ocellus ( Fig. 181 View FIGURES 179–186 ). Clypeal margin very slightly emarginate, but appearing straight in frontal view of the head ( Fig. 181 View FIGURES 179–186 ). POL about 1.6–2.0× OOL. Temple about 0.2–0.3× eye length in dorsal view. Eye height about 1.2–1.3× length, height about 1.5–1.7× malar space; eye margins not sinuous ( Fig. 179 View FIGURES 179–186 ). Mesoscutum width about 1.2–1.5× length ( Fig. 180 View FIGURES 179–186 ). Upper mesepimeron smooth ( Fig. 179 View FIGURES 179–186 ). Scutellum slightly convex ( Figs 179, 186 View FIGURES 179–186 ). Propodeum inclined ( Figs 179, 186 View FIGURES 179–186 ), spiracular sulci absent (cf. Fig. 11 View FIGURES 7–12 ). Fore wing length about 2.5–2.8× width; speculum large, reaching stigmal vein; marginal vein about 2.4–2.7× as long as stigmal vein ( Fig. 184 View FIGURES 179–186 ).
FEMALE. Metasoma brown, the metallic reflections usually not present or slight, confined mainly to apex and sides ( Fig. 185 View FIGURES 179–186 ); scape yellow to dark brown; flagellum uniformly yellow to dark brown ( Fig. 183 View FIGURES 179–186 ). Antennae inserted slightly to clearly above lower margins of eyes; scape reaching or exceeding level of vertex ( Fig. 181 View FIGURES 179–186 ); second anellus transverse; clava slightly wider than distal funicular segments ( Fig. 183 View FIGURES 179–186 ). Metasoma about as long as head plus mesosoma ( Fig. 179 View FIGURES 179–186 ); posterior margin of gt1 straight to slightly sinuous ( Fig. 185 View FIGURES 179–186 ).
MALE. Each funicular segment widened both proximally and distally, with two whorls of long setae each, and separated from each other mostly by long tubular connections ( Fig. 186 View FIGURES 179–186 ).
Material examined. Lectotype ♀, designated here ( MNHN). MADAGASCAR: “Muséum Paris EY6459”, “MADAGASCAR Bekily, Reg Sud de L’Ile ”, “Muséum Paris, IX.38, Seyrig”, “ Habrocytus Seyrigi Risbec / Pteromalidae 13” [Risbec’s handwriting], “TYPE”, “ Habrocytus seyrigi Risbec, G. Delvare det. 2011”, “ Lectotype ”, “ Norbanus seyrigi (Risbec) , G. Delvare det. 2011” [on rectangular card].
Paralectotype. MADAGASCAR: 1 ♀ “MADAGASCAR Bekily , Reg Sud de L’Ile ”, “Muséum Paris, IX.38, Seyrig ” ( MNHN) .
Other material. BENIN: 1 ♀ “BENIN Calavi , Ferme F.S.A. U.N.B., 22.I–11.II.1999, Piège malaise, Leg. Y. Jongema ” ( RMNH) . CAMEROON: 1 ♂ “CAMEROON: Nkoemuon, von Cocoa, 7.ix.80, D. Jackson ” ( BMNH) ; 1 ♂ “CAMEROON: Nkoemuon, 6–16.12.80, D. Jackson ” ( BMNH) ; 1 ♂ “CAMEROON: Nkoemuon , 24.viii– 7.ix.1980, D. Jackson ” ( BMNH) . D.R. CONGO: 1 ♀ “ Congo Belge, P. N.G., Miss H. De Saeger , II/gd/4, 8-v-1952, H. De Saeger. 3449” ( MRAC) ; 10 ♀ and 7 ♂ “ Congo Belge, P. N.G., Miss H. De Saeger, II/gc/7, 14-viii-52, H. De Saeger. 3940” ( MRAC) ; 1 ♀ “ Congo Belge, P. N.G., Miss H. De Saeger, II/gd/6, 19-viii-52, H. De Saeger. 3952” ( MRAC) ; 1 ♀ “ Congo Belge, P. N.G., Miss H. De Saeger, Mabanga , 23-ix-1952, H. De Saeger. 4070” ( MRAC) ; 1 ♀ “ Congo Belge, P. N.G., Miss H. De Saeger, II/gd/4, 23-viii-52, H. De Saeger. 3967” ( MRAC) ; 5 ♀ and 2 ♂ “ Congo Belge, P. N.G., Miss H. De Saeger, II/gd/4, 25-viii-52, H. De Saeger. 3978” ( MRAC) ; 1 ♀ “ Congo Belge, P. N.G., Miss H. De Saeger, II/gd/4, 22-viii-52, H. De Saeger. 3964” ( MRAC) ; 1 ♀ “ Congo Belge, P. N.G., Miss H. De Saeger , II/fd/17, 25-ix-1952, H. De Saeger. 4083” ( MRAC) ; 1 ♀ “ Congo Belge, P. N.G., Miss H. De Saeger , II/ fd/18, 8-x-1951, H. De Saeger. 2555” ( MRAC) ; 1 ♀ “ Congo Belge, P. N.G., Miss H. De Saeger , II/ge/6, 10-vii- 1951, H. De Saeger. 2057” ( MRAC) ; 1 ♀ “ Congo belge, P.N.A., vers Rweru, volc. Mikeno ( Bambous ), 2400m, 3- vii-1934, G.F. de Witte: 469” ( MRAC) ; 1 ♀ “ Congo belge, P.N.A., 9-viii-1954, P. Vanschuytbroeck & H. Synave 9952-55”, “Massif Ruwenzori, riv. Kakalari, affl. Bombi, 1.725 m ” ( MRAC) ; 1 ♀ “ Congo Belge, P. N.G., Miss H .
De Saeger, Mt Moyo, 29-vii-52, H. De Saeger. 3844” ( MRAC); 1 ♂ “Congo Belge, P. N.G., Miss H. De Saeger, II/ gc/6, 9-viii-1951, Réc. H. De Saeger. 2243” ( MRAC) ; 1 ♂ “Congo Belge, P. N.G., Miss H. De Saeger, II/gd/7”, 20- ix-1951, Réc. H. De Saeger. 2448” ( MRAC). ETHIOPIA: 1 ♀ “Gafarsa, ETHIOPIA, 8000’, 26.I.1962, S.M. Clark ” ( CNC). GABON: 1 ♀ “GABON Ogooué Maritime, RABI KOUNGA old Shell c., malaise trap 1.57 S 9.54 E, surround by prim. forest, 8–15.III.1994 J.J. Wierrenga ” ( RMNH) GoogleMaps . GAMBIA: 1 ♀ “W. AFR. GAMBIA, Fajara, 24./i. 1978. L. Huggert” ( BMNH) . IVORY COAST: 2 ♀ “ Côte d’Ivoire, Katiola-Coton, 23.I.1981 malaise, leg. J.W. Everts c.s.” ( RMNH); 1 ♀ “ Côte d’Ivoire , Katiola-Coton , 6.III.1981 malaise, leg. J.W. Everts c.s.” ( RMNH); 1 ♀ “ Côte d’Ivoire , Katiola-Coton , 13.III.1980 malaise, leg. J.W. Everts c.s.” ( RMNH) . KENYA: 3 ♀ “KENYA: Nairobi, 22/11.1986 Bouček” ( BMNH) ; 1 ♀ “KENYA: Nairobi, Karen, 13/ii.1986 Bouček” ( BMNH) . SENEGAL: 1 ♂ “JUILL.”, “SÉNÉGAL, Dakar ”, “MUSÉUM PARIS, 1937, L. BERLAND” ( MNHN) . SOMALIA: 2 ♀ “SOMALIA: Mogadiscio, Lower Shabelli Valley 1–7-IV.1977, F. Bin Malaise trap ” ( CNC) . SOUTH AFRICA: 1 ♀ “SOUTH AFRICA, Johannesburg viii, A. Watsham 74 / 17/8”, “ Norbanus ” ( BMNH) ; 1 ♀ “SOUTH AFRICA, Magaliesberg viii, A. Watsham 74”, “ Norbanus ” ( BMNH) ; 1 ♀ “S. Africa. R.E. Turner. Brit. Mus. 1923-140.”, “Queenstown, Cape Province. 3,500 ft. 16.i.–10.ii.1923 ” ( BMNH) ; 1 ♀ “SOUTH AFRICA, Vioolsdrift 12/73, A. Watsham” ( BMNH) ; 2 ♀ “ Zululand: Eshowe. June 1926.”, “S. Africa. R.E. Turner. Brit. Mus. 1926-277” ( BMNH) ; 1 ♀ “S. Africa. R.E. Turner. Brit. Mus. 1923-463.”, “ Port St. John , Pondoland. Aug. 15– 31.1923.”, “ Norbanus ” [Bouček’s handwriting] ( BMNH) ; 1 ♀ “S. Africa. R.E. Turner. Brit. Mus. 1923-341.”, “ Port St. John , Pondoland. June 1–11.1923.” ( BMNH) ; 2 ♀ “SOUTH AFRICA, Somerset East, A. Watsham: 12:73” ( BMNH); 1 ♀ “SOUTH AFRICA, Transvaal, Hongony , 28–31.XII.1985, W.R.M. Mason ” ( CNC) ; 1 ♀ “S. Africa: Trans. 15km. E. Klaserie, Guernsey Farm, 19–31.XII.1985, W. Mason”, “ ♀ Norbanus det Z. Bouček 1993” ( CNC) ; 1 ♀ “SOUTH AFRICA, Mbazwana, Ntl. iv.1977, G.L. Prinsloo”, “NATIONAL COLL OF INSECTS ( SANC), Pretoria, South Africa ” ( SANC) ; 1 ♀ “SOUTH AFRICA, Numbi Gate, Tvl., vi. 1976, R. Brown”, “NATIONAL COLL OF INSECTS ( SANC), Pretoria, South Africa ” ( SANC) ; 1 ♀ “SOUTH AFRICA, Ndumu Res., Ntl. i. 1978, G.L. Prinsloo”, “NATIONAL COLL OF INSECTS ( SANC), Pretoria, South Africa ” ( SANC) ; 1 ♀ “SOUTH AFRICA, Okahandja, ii. 1978, C. Kok”, “NATIONAL COLL OF INSECTS ( SANC), Pretoria, South Africa ” ( SANC) ; 1 ♀ “SOUTH AFRICA, Lake Kosi, Ntl. i. 1978, G.L. Prinsloo”, “NATIONAL COLL OF INSECTS ( SANC), Pretoria , South Africa ” ( SANC) ; 3 ♀ “SOUTH AFRICA, Letsitele Tvl. xi. 1978, GL Prinsloo”, “NATIONAL COLL OF INSECTS ( SANC), Pretoria, South Africa ” ( SANC) ; 1 ♀ “SOUTH AFRICA: GAU, PPRI, Roodeplaat grounds near Pretoria, 25.36,7S 28.21,5E, 1220m 04.ii.1997, E. Grobbelaar & M. Stiller”, “Collected by D-vac from Acacia nilotica ”, “NATIONAL COLL OF INSECTS ( SANC), Pretoria, South Africa ” ( SANC) ; 1 ♀ “SOUTH AFRICA, Bathurst, C. P., i.1979, G.L. Prinsloo ”, “NATIONAL COLL OF INSECTS ( SANC), Pretoria, South Africa ” ( SANC) ; 1 ♀ “SOUTH AFRICA, C.P., Baviaanskloof, 23.–24.XI.1983, GL Prinsloo, NC Grobbelaar”, “NATIONAL COLL OF INSECTS ( SANC), Pretoria, South Africa ” ( SANC) ; 1 ♀ “SOUTH AFRICA, Tussen-die-Riviere, Nat. Res., OFS, nr.”, “ Bethulie, i. 1994, G. L. Prinsloo”, “NATIONAL COLL. OF INSECTS ( SANC) Pretoria, South Africa ” ( SANC) ; 1 ♀ “SOUTH AFRICA, TVL., Kruger Nat. Park, Skukuza, 24.59S 31.35E. 292m., 14–17.i.1985. G.L. Prinsloo”, “NATIONAL COLL. OF INSECTS ( SANC), Pretoria , South Africa ” ( SANC) GoogleMaps ; 1 ♀ “SOUTH AFRICA, Keurbooms River Mouth, C.P. ii.1990, G. L. Prinsloo ”, “NATIONAL COLL. OF INSECTS ( SANC), Pretoria, South Africa ” ( SANC) ; 1 ♀ “SOUTH AFRICA, Mariepskop, Tvl. xi. 1987, G L Prinsloo”, “ Norbanus ”, “NATIONAL COLL. OF INSECTS ( SANC) Pretoria, South Africa ” ( SANC) ; 1 ♀ “SOUTH AFRICA, Blyderivier Tvl. ii. 1977, G.L. Prinsloo”, “NATIONAL COLL. OF INSECTS ( SANC), Pretoria, South Africa ” ( SANC) ; 1 ♀ “SOUTH AFRICA, TVL., Entabeni For. Res, 33.00S 30.16E. 7–11.i.1987, G.L. Prinsloo”, “NATIONAL COLL. OF INSECTS ( SANC), Pretoria, South Africa ” ( SANC) GoogleMaps ; 1 ♀ “SOUTH AFRICA, TVL., Modjadji Nat Res, 23.38S 30.20E, 13–14.i.1987, G.L. Prinsloo”, “NATIONAL COLL. OF INSECTS ( SANC), Pretoria, South Africa ” ( SANC) GoogleMaps ; 1 ♀ “SOUTH AFRICA, TVL. Soutpan, Pretoria Dist. 25.24S 28.06E. 21.III.1990, N C Pienaar”, “NATIONAL COLL. OF INSECTS ( SANC) Pretoria, South Africa ” ( SANC) GoogleMaps . UGANDA: 1 ♂ “UGANDA, Bussu Busoga, 1910, D.re. E Bayon”, “ Picroscytus ?”, “ Museo Civico di Genova ” ( MCSN) . ZIMBABWE: 1 ♀ “RHODESIA, Salisbury, A. Watsham / WF88, xi.74” ( BMNH) ; 2 ♀ “RHODESIA, Salisbury, A. Watsham / WFU14, 2.iii.74” ( BMNH) ; 1 ♀ “RHODESIA, Salisbury, A. Watsham / v.75” ( BMNH) ; 1 ♀ “RHODESIA, Salisbury, A. Watsham / WFU67, ix.74” ( BMNH) ; 2 ♀ “RHODESIA, Salisbury, A. Watsham / WFU48, (vi)74” ( BMNH) ; 1 ♀ “RHODESIA, Salisbury, A. Watsham / WF.2, 20i74” ( BMNH) ; 1 ♀ “RHODESIA, Salisbury, A. Watsham / WFU38, (v)74” ( BMNH) ; 1 ♀ “RHODESIA, Salisbury, A. Watsham / WF.1, 19 i 74” ( BMNH) ; 2 ♀ “RHODESIA, Salisbury, A. Watsham / WFU23, iii.74”
( BMNH); 1 ♀ “ RHODESIA, Salisbury, A. Watsham / WFU15, 3.iii.74” ( BMNH) ; 1 ♀ “ RHODESIA, Salisbury, A. Watsham / WF78, ix.74” ( BMNH) ; 1 ♀ “ RHODESIA, Salisbury, A. Watsham / WFU14, (iii)74” ( BMNH) ; 1 ♀ “ RHODESIA, Salisbury, A. Watsham / WF8, (ii)74” ( BMNH) ; 1 ♀ and 1 ♂ “ RHODESIA, Salisbury, A. Watsham / WFU50, (vi)74” ( BMNH) ; 1 ♀ “ RHODESIA, Salisbury, A. Watsham / v.74” ( BMNH) ; 1 ♀ “ RHODESIA, Salisbury, A. Watsham / WF88, xi.74” ( BMNH) ; 1 ♀ “ RHODESIA, Salisbury, A. Watsham / WFU37, v.74” ( BMNH) ; 1 ♀ “ RHODESIA, Salisbury, A. Watsham / WF96, xii.74” ( BMNH) ; 2 ♀ “ RHODESIA, Salisbury, A. Watsham / WFU42, (v)74” ( BMNH) ; 1 ♀ and 1 ♂ “ RHODESIA, Salisbury, A. Watsham / WFU53, (vi)74” ( BMNH) ; 2 ♀ “ RHODESIA, Makumbi mis., A. Watsham / WFU36, (v)74” ( BMNH) ; 1 ♀ “ RHODESIA, Makumbi M., A. Watsham (v)74” ( BMNH) ; 1 ♀ “ RHODESIA: Salisbury , v.1978, A. Watsham ” ( BMNH) ; 1 ♂ “ RHODESIA: Salisbury , v.1978, A. Watsham ” ( MICO) ; 1 ♀ and 1 ♂ “ RHODESIA: Salisbury, Chishawasha , ii.1976, A. Watsham ” ( BMNH) ; 2 ♀ “ RHODESIA: Salisbury, Chishawasha , iv.1978, A. Watsham ” ( BMNH) ; 1 ♀ “ RHODESIA: Salisbury, Chishawasha , iv.1978, A. Watsham ” ( MICO) ; 1 ♀ “ RHODESIA: Salisbury, Chishawasha , ii.1976, A. Watsham, WF 227” ( BMNH) ; 1 ♀ “ ZIMBABWE: Chishawasha , 1975, A. Watsham ” ( BMNH) ; 1 ♀ “ ZIMBABWE: Salisbury, Chishawasha , vi.1980, A. Watsham ” ( BMNH) ; 1 ♀ “ RHODESIA, Salisbury, A. Watsham / WF.146, iv.75” ( BMNH) ; 1 ♀ “RHODESIA, Salisbury, A. Watsham / WFU51, ( VI)74”, “ Norbanus ♀ ”, “NATIONAL COLL. OF INSECTS ( SANC) Pretoria , South Africa ” ( SANC) ; 2 ♂ “ RHODESIA: Salisbury , v. 1978, A. Watsham ” ( BMNH) ; 1 ♂ “ RHODESIA, Salisbury, A. Watsham / WF.2, 20.i.74” ( BMNH) ; 1 ♂ “ RHODESIA, Salisbury, A. Watsham / WFU34, iv74” ( BMNH) ; 3 ♂ “ ZIMBABWE, nr. Harare, i. 1982, A. Watsham ” ( BMNH) ; 1 ♂ “ ZIMBABWE, nr. Harare, xi. 1982, A. Watsham ” ( BMNH) .
Redescription. FEMALE. Colour. Head and mesosoma blue-green ( Figs 179–182 View FIGURES 179–186 ). Metasoma usually brown, rarely blackish, mostly with slight metallic reflections confined to apex and sides ( Fig. 185 View FIGURES 179–186 ). Body pilosity short whitish ( Figs 180–182 View FIGURES 179–186 ). Eyes usually bright red, occasionally darker; ocelli light brown to reddish ( Figs 181, 182 View FIGURES 179–186 ). Mandibles reddish-yellow, teeth reddish-brown ( Fig. 181 View FIGURES 179–186 ). Antenna entirely yellow to dark brown, occasionally scape darker than flagellum and with some metallic reflections; clava rarely slightly darker than funicular segments ( Fig. 183 View FIGURES 179–186 ). Wings hyaline, tegulae, and venation mostly light brown, wing pilosity pale ( Fig. 184 View FIGURES 179–186 ). Legs ( Fig. 179 View FIGURES 179–186 ) with coxae as mesosoma, sometimes brownish ventrally; trochanters yellow to light brown; femora mainly brown, distally yellow; hind femur darker, mostly with distinct metallic reflections; tibiae and tarsi except last segment whitish to yellow; last tarsal segment light brown, arolia and claws dark brown.
Body length. 1.50–3.75 mm.
Head without distinct elevation between eye and posterior ocellus, coarsely reticulate except lower face finely striated, striation not reaching toruli ( Figs 181, 182 View FIGURES 179–186 ). Head width about 1.8–1.9× length and about 1.2× height. Clypeal margin very shallowly emarginate, but appearing virtually straight in frontal view of the head ( Fig. 181 View FIGURES 179–186 ). Eye ovate, anterior and posterior margins not sinuous ( Fig. 179 View FIGURES 179–186 ), height about 1.2–1.3× length. Eye height about 1.5–1.7× length of malar space. Gena with a weak lamina near mouth corner. Temple about 0.2× eye length in dorsal view. Scrobes very shallow, barely visible in dorsal view of the head ( Fig. 182 View FIGURES 179–186 ). POL about 1.6–2.0× as long as OOL (OOL tends to be shorter in small specimens). Toruli with lower margins slightly (rarely) to distinctly (usually) above lower margins of eyes ( Fig. 181 View FIGURES 179–186 ). Antenna ( Fig. 183 View FIGURES 179–186 ) with scape usually exceeding level of vertex ( Fig. 181 View FIGURES 179–186 ), slightly longer than eye height; pedicel length about twice width; length of pedicel plus flagellum about 1.1–1.3× head width; both anelli transverse, the second slightly longer than the first; funicular segments longer than wide, gradually but strongly widening and shortening towards clava; fu1 length about 2.3–3.0× width; fu6 quadrate to about 1.2× longer than wide; clava length about 2.5× width, ventrally abruptly narrowing before spicula, sutures hardly visible, oblique; micropilosity occupying less than 1/3 length of claval body.
Mesosoma dorsally coarsely reticulate ( Fig. 180 View FIGURES 179–186 ), length about 1.5–1.8× width, width about equal to height. Mesoscutum width about 1.2–1.5× length; notauli reaching half or slightly less than half length of mesoscutum ( Fig. 180 View FIGURES 179–186 ). Scutellum very slightly arched ( Fig. 179 View FIGURES 179–186 ), width about 1.3× length, frenal line absent, but frenal area with finer reticulation than rest of scutellum. Upper mesepimeron smooth ( Fig. 179 View FIGURES 179–186 ). Metapleuron and dorsellum uniformly reticulate. Propodeum inclined ( Fig. 179 View FIGURES 179–186 ), about half length of scutellum, uniformly reticulate except two well impressed depressions near its anterior margin submedially; spiracles oval, spiracular sulci absent (cf. Fig. 11 View FIGURES 7–12 ). Fore wing ( Fig. 184 View FIGURES 179–186 ) length about 2.5–2.8× width; basal cell and basal fold glabrous; costal cell with a row of setae on ventral surface and several additional setae distally; speculum large, extending to stigmal vein; marginal vein about 2.4–2.7× as long as stigmal vein and about 1.6× as long as postmarginal vein; stigma moderately capitate; wing pilosity including marginal fringe short.
Metasoma ovate, length about 2.2–2.7× width, with almost parallel margins, from about as long as head plus mesosoma to about 1.1× longer ( Figs 179, 185 View FIGURES 179–186 ), dorsally mostly reticulate-imbricate (alveolae wider than long) except gt1, which is mainly smooth ( Fig. 185 View FIGURES 179–186 ). Posterior margin of gt1 usually straight, rarely very slightly sinuous, not incised ( Fig. 185 View FIGURES 179–186 ); gt1 length about 0.2× length of metasoma; gt7 width about 2.3–3.0× length. Ovipositor sheaths short, not visible in dorsal view.
Description. MALE. Differs from the female holotype mainly as follows. Body length: 1.7–2.8 mm. Head and mesosoma rarely with some violet reflections. Metasoma brown except extensively whitish dorsally and ventrally in proximal 1/2–2/3; base of gt1 brownish ( Fig. 186 View FIGURES 179–186 ). Scape and pedicel brown to dark brown, mostly with metallic reflections ( Fig. 186 View FIGURES 179–186 ). Flagellum brown to dark brown ( Fig. 186 View FIGURES 179–186 ). Toruli much closer to median ocellus than to clypeal margin ( Fig. 186 View FIGURES 179–186 ). Scape exceeding level of vertex by about 1/2–1/3 scape length (cf. Figs 21 View FIGURES 19–22 , 50 View FIGURES 43–50 ); funicular segments widened both proximally and distally, with two whorls of long setae each, and separated from each other by long tubular connections; setae on funicular segments emerging at an acute angle to segment ( Fig. 186 View FIGURES 179–186 ); length of pedicel plus flagellum about 1.7–2.2× head width (small males tend to have longer antennae than larger males). Metasoma oval, length about 2–3× width, slightly shorter than head plus mesosoma and narrower than mesosoma ( Fig. 186 View FIGURES 179–186 ).
Comments. Norbanus seyrigi seems to be one of the most common species of the genus in the Afrotropical region. The male is described here for the first time. The species is somewhat similar to N. erebus , from which it differs mainly in the longer marginal vein, longer mesoscutum and lighter body colour. It is also very close to N. tenuicornis Bouček (see comments for that species). Small specimens tend to have the body more elongate than larger specimens.
Distribution. Benin, Cameroon, D. R. Congo, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Madagascar, Senegal, Somalia, South Africa, Uganda, Zimbabwe (Map 12).
Hosts. Unknown.
Risbec, J. (1952) Contribution a l'etude des chalcidoides de Madagascar. Memoires de l'Institut Scientifique de Madagascar (E), 2, 1-449.
FIGURES 179–186. Norbanus seyrigi. 179–183, lectotype ♀: 179, habitus, lateral view; 180, habitus, dorsal view; 181, head, frontal view; 182, head, dorsal view; 183, antenna, lateral view. 184 and 185, ♀, South Africa: 184, fore and hind wings, dorsal view; 185, gastral tergites, dorsal view. 186, ♂, Zimbabwe, habitus, lateral view.
FIGURES 7–12. Norbanus aequus, holotype ♀: 7, habitus, lateral view; 8, habitus, dorsal view; 9, head, frontal view; 10, pedicel plus flagellum, lateral view; 11, propodeum; 12, fore wing, dorsal view.
FIGURES 19–22. Norbanus africanus. 19, paratype ♀, Malawi, metasoma, detail. 20, ♂, Malawi, habitus, lateral view. 21, ♂, D. R. Congo, head, frontal view. 22, ♂, Malawi, antenna, lateral view.
FIGURES 43–50. Norbanus caloramans. 43–47, holotype ♀: 43, habitus, lateral view; 44, habitus, dorsal view; 45, head, frontal view; 46, head, dorsal view; 47, pedicel plus flagellum, lateral view. 48, paratype ♀, Botswana, fore wing, dorsal view. 49 and 50, allotype ♂: 49, habitus, lateral view; 50, head, frontal view.
MNHN |
Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle |
RMNH |
National Museum of Natural History, Naturalis |
MRAC |
Musée Royal de l’Afrique Centrale |
CNC |
Canadian National Collection of Insects, Arachnids, and Nematodes |
SANC |
Agricultural Research Council-Plant Protection Research Institute |
MCSN |
Museo Civico di Storia Naturale, Verona |
VI |
Mykotektet, National Veterinary Institute |
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Norbanus seyrigi (Risbec)
Mitroiu, Mircea-Dan 2015 |
Habrocytus seyrigi Risbec, 1952: 338
Risbec, J. 1952: 338 |