Mischochalcis inermis (Schmitz, 1946) comb. n.

Figs 6–8

Haltichella inermis Schmitz, 1946: 103–104 . Original description, male. Democratic Republic of Congo, Kivu, Rutshuru. Material examined. Holotype, male, by original designation, Congo Belge, Kivu, Rutshuru (alt 1285 m), 22.v– 4.vi.1934 (MRAC). One antenna was originally prepared on a slide. The rest of the specimen was re-mounted on a rectangular card.

Diagnosis. Body dark brown to black. Eyes densely setose (Figs 6A–D). Antennal scrobes distinctly reticulate (Figs 6A, B). Antenna with pedicel very short, with basal constriction (Fig. 6E); funiculars subequal, the basal funiculars subquadrate, the following ones only very slightly decreasing in length from base to apex (Figs 6E, F); clava with internal infuscate thickening suggesting a suture (actually false) (Fig. 6F). Pro- and mesonotum densely and coarsely punctured, the interspaces quite narrow (Fig. 7B). Axillar grooves obliterated by coarse punctuation (Figs 7B, D). Propodeum densely setose posteriorly behind oblique sublateral carinae, the pattern of areolation similar to described for M. enigmatus (Figs 7B, F). Metafemur with ventral margin slightly concave beyond basal serrulate lobe (Figs 8C, D). Metasoma with Gt1 truncate basally, with short and little raised sublateral carinae (Fig. 7E).

Host. Unknown.

Distribution. Democratic Republic of Congo (Kivu).