Platyplectrus brevicornis ( Ferrière, 1941 )

Yefremova, Zoya A. & Copeland, Robert S., 2023, African Platyplectrus Ferrière (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) from Kenya, with description of nine new species, Zootaxa 5360 (3), pp. 355-384 : 361

2. Platyplectrus brevicornis ( Ferrière, 1941)

Figs 13–15

Euplectromorpha brevicornis Ferrière, 1941: 29 .

Paralectotype. ♀, with label: Mossel Bay , Cape Province, S. Africa, 5–31.vii.1921, leg. R.E. Turner, Platyplectrus brevicornis Ferrière det. Z. Bouček, 1974 (BMNH, examined) .

Platyplectrus brevicornis (Ferrière) ; Yefremova 2008: 354.

Diagnosis. Body 1.8 mm ( Figs 13–14 ). Occipital carina not well developed, postoccipital carina present. Scutellum strongly alveolate ( Fig. 14 ). POL 3.0× as long as OOL. Vertex without long setae. F1 as long as pedicel, F1 (1.1× as long as wide), F2 (1.06× as long as wide) both subquadrate and F3, F4 transverse. Petiole transverse. Head black. Hind coxae brown, hind femora brownish, legs yellow. Eyes asetose ( Fig. 15 ).

Host. Unknown.

Distribution. South Africa, * Kenya.

Material examined. Kenya, 1 ♀, Coast Prov., Funzi Island , near sea level, 4.57749° S, 39.43825° E, Malaise trap, near Funzi workshop, 24–28 Jul 2012, R. Copeland ( NMK) ; 1 ♀, Coast Prov., Taita Hills, Ngangao forest , 1848 m, 3.36100º S, 38.34186º E, Malaise trap, indigenous forest, 18 Sept–2 Oct 2012, R. Copeland ( SMNH-TAU) .

Figures

FIGURES 9–15. 9–12. P. albiclavatus sp. nov. Holotype. Female. 9. Lateral habitus. Male. Paratype 10. Dorsal habitus. 11. Lateral habitus. Female. Holotype 12. Head +antennae+ mesosoma fronto-lateral. 13–15. P. brevicornis Ferrière. Female. 13. Lateral habitus. Male. 14. Dorsal habitus. 15. Head +antennae+ mesosoma, fronto-lateral.