A review of the Afrotropical Rhyssinae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) with the descriptions of five new species Author Rousse, Pascal Author Noort, Simon Van 7CCD166F-F1FA-43DA-B582-4E84EAF59AD1 Natural History Department, Iziko South African Museum, PO Box 61, Cape Town 8000, South Africa & Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cape Town, Private Bag, Rondebosch 7701, South Africa & urn: lsid: zoobank. org: author: 7 CCD 166 F-F 1 FA- 43 DA-B 582 - 4 E 84 EAF 59 AD 1 text European Journal of Taxonomy 2014 2014-07-25 91 1 42 journal article 21980 10.5852/ejt.2014.91 a6c67e38-a7b7-4df5-839d-998299fd74b6 2118-9773 3836824 F6B6E184-448A-44EA-BF1B-D91122097847 Epirhyssa leroyi Benoit, 1951 Fig. 4 Diagnosis Bright yellow overall with black markings including entire mesosternum, metasoma fading to brown apically; wings hyaline, slightly infuscate apically; face rugulose-punctate, strongly protruding medially; clypeus nearly smooth, with median and lateral subapical tubercles moderate, ventral margin produced laterally; frons laterally punctate and medially striate, with a blunt Y-shaped mid-longitudinal carina ; mesopleuron with epicnemial carina reaching above level of mesopleural pit; subtegular ridge convex; fore wing with 2m–cu slightly basal to rs–m; tergite 1 of female stout (male unknown); tergites 1–3 smooth, following tergites shallowly punctate with basal transverse striations; apical margins of tergites 3–4 slightly concave. CT 3.6; ML 0.6; POL 1.6; OOL 1.4; Fl 1 3.4; Fl 15 NA; T1 1.2–1.4; OT 4.4. Differential diagnosis A mostly bright yellow species with hyaline wings, otherwise characterized by the combination of the black mesosternum, vein 2m–cu slightly basal to rs–m and the stout tergite 1 (at least in the female). All other yellow Afrotropical Epirhyssa species have the mesosternum concolorous with the remainder of the mesosoma and the vein 2m–cu slightly apical to rs–m. Material examined Holotype DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO : , Bambesa [ 03°28’ N 25°43’ E ], Nov. 1933 , J . V . Leroy ( MRAC ). Paratype DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO : , Ubangui-Bumba, Dec. 1939 , H . de Saeger ( MRAC ). Description Female ( holotype ) B 14.9; A NA; F 11.1. COLOR. Bright to dull yellow overall, with metasoma fading to brown toward apex, and with black markings: mandible, ventral margin of clypeus, ocellar area ( macula connected to eye margin), occiput Fig. 4. Epirhyssa leroyi Benoit, 1951 , holotype, ♀. A . Habitus, lateral view (inset: data labels). B . Mesosoma, lateral view. C . Metasoma, dorsal view. D . Head, anterior view. E . Mandibles, anterior view. mid-dorsally, mesosternum, and a median macula on each mesoscutal lobe; antenna and ovipositor sheath dark brown; wings hyaline, slightly infuscate apically, venation pale brown. HEAD. Face rugulose-punctate, strongly bulging medially; clypeus smoothly sculptured with distinct lateral and median subapical tubercles, ventral margin strongly produced laterally; mandible short and stout; frons laterally sparsely punctate, medially transversely striate with a blunt Y-shaped midlongitudinal carina below median ocellus, inner margins of toruli not expanded backwards; temple and vertex finely punctate, inter-ocellar area somewhat rugose; occipital carina mid-dorsally interrupted; antenna broken in both specimens. MESOSOMA. Mesosoma shallowly and moderately densely punctate, but mesonotum deeply transversely striate and anterior half of pronotum smooth; epomia moderate; epicnemial carina long, its evanescent dorsal end reaching above level of mesopleural pit; apex of subtegular ridge convex, not flanged laterally; submetapleural carina anteriorly expanded, then distinctly narrowed toward apex. WINGS. Fore wing with 2m–cu slightly basal to rs–m, cu–a slightly apical to Rs&M, and Rs weakly bowed forwards; hind wing with distal abscissa of Cu joining Cu&cu–a close to junction with M. METASOMA. Tergite 1 stout and smooth, tergites 2–3 nearly smooth, following tergites finely and distinctly punctate with weak basal striations; apical margins of tergites 3–4 slightly concave, others straight. Male Unknown. Distribution Democratic Republic of Congo .