Pampsilota Konow, 1899

Liston, Andrew D., Goergen, Georg & Koch, Frank, 2017, Revisions of the Afrotropical genera of Argidae and species of Pampsilota Konow, 1899 (Hymenoptera, Tenthredinoidea), Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 64 (1), pp. 1-25 : 4

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Revision of Afrotropical Pampsilota Konow, 1899

Pampsilota Konow, 1899: 76. Type species: Pampsilota afer Konow, 1899, designated by Rohwer, 1911. Additional images: http://www.waspweb.org/Tenthredinoidea/Argidae/Athermantinae/Pampsilota/index.htm

Description.

Antenna has three articles (Fig. 1 View Figures 1–3 ); scape and pedicel short, flagellum very long and undivided. Clypeus not clearly separated by an epistomal suture from the supraclypeal area, malar space conspicuously present. Meso- and metatibia without preapical spine; tarsal claws simple (Fig. 2 View Figures 1–3 ). Fore wing with radial crossvein (2r) absent and crossvein 2r-m present, with basal anal cell (1A) closed, and anal cell (2A) long petiolate (Fig. 3 View Figures 1–3 ); radial cell of hind wing (R1) closed, with anal cell (A) and two middle cells (Rs and M) present (Fig. 3 View Figures 1–3 ). Tergum 1 with a more or less narrow and deep median split.

Coloration black with more or less blue metallic lustre, and yellowish or yellow-orange markings. Body length from 5.3 to 15.3 mm.

Host plants.

Lannea nigritana ( Anacardiaceae): only known for Pampsilota dahomeyanus .

Remarks.

Taeger et al. (2010) catalogued three species of Pampsilota from the East Palaearctic and Oriental Regions, as well as five valid species from the Afrotropical Region. Only the absence of the preapical spines on the meso- and metatibia distinguishes adults of Pampsilota from those of Arge .

Key to Afrotropical Pampsilota species

1	Abdomen entirely yellow or light brown (Figs 47-50 View Figures 45–50 , 64 View Figures 60–65 - 67 View Figures 66–71 )	2
-	Abdomen more or less bicoloured; yellow, orange and black, mostly with blue metallic lustre (Figs 38 View Figures 38–44 - 46 View Figures 45–50 , 60-61 View Figures 60–65 , 68-71 View Figures 66–71 ), or nearly entirely black (Figs 62-63 View Figures 60–65 )	4
2	Mesopleuron entirely yellow (Figs 48 View Figures 45–50 , 50 View Figures 45–50 , 65 View Figures 60–65 )	3
-	Mesopleuron dorsally blackish (Fig. 67 View Figures 66–71 )	Pampsilota tsavoensis sp. n.
3	Antenna partly yellow (Fig. 64 View Figures 60–65 ); propleuron entirely yellow (Fig. 65 View Figures 60–65 ), stigma conspicuously bicoloured, with basal half and anterior margin whitish, apical half blackish (Figs 64 View Figures 60–65 , 65 View Figures 60–65 )	Pampsilota nigeriae sp. n.
-	Antenna entirely black, propleuron dorsally and ventrally blackish margined, stigma unicoloured, black (Figs 47-50 View Figures 45–50 )	Pampsilota dahomeyanus sp. n.
4	Fore legs black with at most small areas of tibia dark brown (Fig. 40 View Figures 38–44 ); very large species, body length usually more than 10.0 mm	Pampsilota afer Konow
-	At least protibia light brown (Figs 42 View Figures 38–44 , 44 View Figures 38–44 , 46 View Figures 45–50 , 61 View Figures 60–65 , 63 View Figures 60–65 , 65 View Figures 60–65 ); smaller species, body length rarely more than 10.0 mm	5
5	Thorax entirely black (Figs 60-63 View Figures 60–65 )	6
-	At least lateral parts of pronotum pale (Figs 42 View Figures 38–44 - 46 View Figures 45–50 , 64 View Figures 60–65 , 65 View Figures 60–65 )	7
6	All femora mostly black (Fig. 63 View Figures 60–65 )	Pampsilota luederitzensis Koch
-	Meso- and metafemur yellow (Fig. 61 View Figures 60–65 )	Pampsilota leleupi Pasteels
7	Legs black without blue metallic lustre, only protibia light brown (Fig. 46 View Figures 45–50 )	Pampsilota brandbergensis Koch
-	Femora black with blue metallic lustre, tibiae predominantly yellow (Figs 44 View Figures 38–44 , 68 View Figures 66–71 )	8
8	Costa and subcosta blackish (Figs 68-71 View Figures 66–71 ); metatarsus entirely black (Figs 69 View Figures 66–71 , 71 View Figures 66–71 ); serrulae (Figs 33 View Figures 31–35 , 34 View Figures 31–35 ); penis valve (Fig. 35 View Figures 31–35 )	Pampsilota zebra sp. n.
-	Costa and anterior of subcosta yellow (Figs 41-44 View Figures 38–44 ); at least basitarsomere of metatarsus yellow (Figs 42 View Figures 38–44 , 44 View Figures 38–44 ); serrulae (Figs 11 View Figures 9–13 , 12 View Figures 9–13 ); penis valve (Fig. 13 View Figures 9–13 )	Pampsilota africanus ( Mocsáry)