Compsophorus, Saussure, 1890

Riedel, Matthias & Pos, Davide Dal, 2019, Contribution to the AIrotropical Ɨchneumoninae (Hymenoptera, Ɨchneumonidae) Irom Gabon and Sierra Leone, with descriptions oI Iive new species and two new subspecies, Linzer biologische Beiträge 51 (1), pp. 419-436 : 420

Compsophorus SAUSSURE, 1890 [1892]

Compsophorus SAUSSURE, 1890 [1892]: pl XIII, figs. 9 and 9a (without description). Type species: Compsophorus mirandus SAUSSURE, 1890 [1892] (Paris).

Compsophorus HEINRICH, 1938: pag. 33; pl. iv, fig. 28 (scutellum); pl. v, fig. 31 (propodeum).

This is a large genus of Ichneumoninae with an Afrotropical and Oriental distribution. For the Afrotropical species of the tribe Compsophorini , HEINRICH (1967 -1968) proposed five genera which were subsequently all synonymized by TOWNES & TOWNES (1973) under the sole genus Compsophorus with the exception of Pyramidamblys HEINRICH which was retained as a separate genus.

The material from Gabon represents a surprisingly species-rich assemblage of sympatric taxa which are described here as different species. However, due to the restricted material, the variability of the species could not have been adequately addressed. Although a future modern revision, together with more material from the different African countries, will be necessary for a better understanding of the variability of the genus in Africa, we believe that this addition to HEINRICH̕S work will be a valuable input for future studies of the subfamily from Africa.

Figures

Figs 7-12: Face of: (7) Compsophorus corrugata gabonense nov.ssp. ♀; (8) Compsophorus coxator nov.sp. ♀; (9) Compsophorus fuscopetiolaris nov.sp. ♀; (10) Compsophorus paracorrugata nov.sp. ♀; (11) Compsophorus fuscopetiolaris nov.sp. ♂; (12) Magwengiella congica HEINRICH ♂.