First record of the subfamily Brachycyrtinae (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) from continental Africa, with description of three new species Author Giovanni, Filippo Di 0000-0002-6285-7830 Dept. of Agriculture, Food and Environment, University of Pisa, via del Borghetto 80, 56124, Pisa, Italy aphelocheirus @ gmail. com; http: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 6285 - 7830 aphelocheirus@gmail.com Author Varga, Oleksandr 2 Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology, NAS of Ukraine, Vul. B. Khmelnytskogo 15, Kyiv 01030, Ukraine. text Zootaxa 2021 2021-06-14 4985 2 203 218 journal article 5864 10.11646/zootaxa.4985.2.4 8fbff38d-e777-4f35-ae1d-1a1392e59d90 1175-5326 4943366 4A1001A0-D11F-473A-8B0D-B06404EC8920 Key to Brachycyrtus of continental Africa 1 Metasomal tergites II–IV with a large oval to sub-oval membranous area in the center of the tergite. Mesopleuron on posterior half polished, without punctures or striae. Female ovipositor strongly decurved. Male unknown..................................................................................................... B. cerrettii Di Giovanni , sp. n. - Metasomal tergites II–IV normal. Mesopleuron on posterior half with fine longitudinal striae, at least at level of episternal scrobe. Female ovipositor straight......................................................................... 2 2 Metapleuron with dense but shallow punctures all over its surface. Propodeum subpolished. Fore wing with 1cu-a distal to M&RS by about 0.7× the length of 1cu-a and 2rs-m about 0.6× as the section of 1m-cu&M between 2rs-m and 2m-cu. Gena about 0.35× as transverse diameter of eye in lateral view. Male unknown................. B. antoninoi Di Giovanni , sp. n. - Metapleuron with punctures along margins and just above hind coxa, central part without punctures or with few isolated punctures. Propodeum mat and coriaceous. Fore wing with 1cu-a distal to M&RS by about 0.45× the length of 1cu-a and 2rs-m about 0.25× as the section of 1m-cu&M between 2rs-m and 2m-cu. Gena about 0.45× as transverse diameter of eye in lateral view. Male paramere strongly elongate, rod-like............................... B. lucchii Di Giovanni & Varga , sp. n.