Revision of the Afrotropical species of Pristomerus (Ichneumonidae: Cremastinae), with descriptions of 31 new species
Rousse, Pascal
Noort, Simon van
European Journal of Taxonomy
2015
2015-05-28
124
1
129
Rousse, Villemant & Seyrig, 2013
Rousse, Villemant & Seyrig
2013
[458,1129,267,294]
Insecta
Ichneumonidae
Pristomerus
Animalia
Hymenoptera
45
46
Arthropoda
species
guinness
Fig. 9
Diagnosis(range of variation from Rousse et al.2013) Head whitish yellow with frons, inter-ocellar area and occiput black; mesosoma testaceous–orange; metasoma black with apical margin of tergites 2–7 white; antenna basally black, fading to pale testaceous, then apically darker; face densely and shallowly punctate; inner margins of eyes subparallel; clypeus transverse, sparsely punctate; malar line long; occipital carina joining hypostomal carina shortly above mandible base; antenna long with 35–36 flagellomeres, penultimate flagellomere quadrate; mesosoma elongate, very densely punctate-granulate except pronotum centrally and speculum ventrally smoother, and mesoscutum mid-posteriorly transversely rugose; area superomedia elongate; female femoral tooth about as long as basally wide; ovipositor moderately long, weakly sinuous apically. B 6.2–9.2; A 4.7– 6.9; F 4.9–7.1; CT 1.8; ML 0.7; POL 0.7; OOL 0.4; Fl n–11.0; ASM2.5; OT 1.4–1.5; FFT 1–2. Male with ocelli and femoral tooth enlarged, posterior ocellus almost touching eyes dorsally; otherwise similar to female. OOL 0.1; POL 0.4. Differential diagnosis Rather large Madagascan species, differentiated from all other Afrotropical species by the atypical colour pattern: head mostly white, mesosoma testaceous orange and metasoma mostly black with apical margins of tergites white. The only other Afrotropical species with a somewhat similar colour pattern is P. zulu sp. nov., whose face is medially reddish-testaceous and the malar line is distinctly shorter.
Material examined Holotype MADAGASCAR: ♀, “ MADAGASCAR, Rogez, foret côte est, V. 32, EY 0000003649” ( MNHN).
Distribution Madagascar.
2609658251
1932-05
MNHN
Madagascar
Rogez
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46
1
1
holotype