Pulchrisolia Szabo , 1959

van Noort, Simon, Lahey, Zachary, Talamas, Elijah J., Austin, Andrew D., Masner, Lubomir, Polaszek, Andrew & Johnson, Norman F., 2021, Review of Afrotropical sceliotracheline parasitoid wasps (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae), Journal of Hymenoptera Research 87, pp. 115-222 : 115

Pulchrisolia Szabo, 1959

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Pulchrisolia Szabó, 1959: 395 (original description. Type: Pulchrisolia maculata Szabó, by monotypy and original designation); Masner 1964: 11 (treated as a synonym of Sceliotrachelus Brues); Masner and Huggert 1989: 108 (description, species list); Vlug 1995: 73 (catalogued, catalogue of world species); Veenakumari, Buhl and Mohanraj 2019: 453 (key to genera of the Isolia -cluster, keyed); Lahey et al. 2019b: 42, 43, 44, 45 (description, key to genera of the Isolia -cluster, key to species).

Diagnosis.

Fore wing with very short, tubular R vein terminating in a knob and at least some microtrichia of the fore and hind wings in the form of short, scale-like pegs; distinctive colour of the adult (most species are yellow, orange, red, or a combination thereof); frontal ledge present on the lower frons in all but one species; interantennal process present, bilobed in most species; and tract of dense setae on the metatibia.

Species richness.

Pulchrisolia ankremos Lahey, 2019 (Ghana, Ivory Coast).

Pulchrisolia asantesana van Noort & Lahey, 2019 (South Africa).

Pulchrisolia diehoekensis van Noort & Lahey, 2019 (South Africa).

Pulchrisolia ellieae Lahey, 2019 (Madagascar).

Pulchrisolia maculata Szabó, 1959 (Kenya, Tanzania).

Pulchrisolia nephelae Lahey, 2019 (Benin, Burkina Faso, Gambia, Ivory Coast, Mali, Nigeria).

Pulchrisolia robynae van Noort & Lahey, 2019 (South Africa) (Fig. 28 ).

Pulchrisolia sanbornei Lahey & Masner, 2019 (South Africa).

Pulchrisolia teras Lahey, 2019 (Madagascar).

Pulchrisolia valerieae Polaszek & Lahey, 2019 (Zambia).

Distribution.

Endemic to the Afrotropical region: Benin, Burkina Faso, Gambia, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Madagascar, Mali, Mozambique, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia ( Lahey et al. 2019b).

Biology.

Unknown.

Key to species of Pulchrisolia .

Lahey et al. (2019b).

Figures

Figure 28. Pulchrisolia robynae male paratype (SAMC) (SAM-HYM-P 035656) A habitus, lateral view (inset: data labels) B habitus, dorsal view C head, anterior view D head, ventral view E antennae F fore wings.