Revision of the Afrotropical species of Pristomerus (Ichneumonidae: Cremastinae), with descriptions of 31 new species Author Rousse, Pascal B06C2640-700A-429B-AA2F-1BE09251C845 Natural History Department, Iziko South African Museum, PO Box 61, Cape Town, 8000, South Africa. & Stellenbosch University, Department of Botany and Zoology, Evolutionary Genomics Group, Private Bag X 1, Stellenbosch, 7602, South Africa. & Email: rousse. pascal @ wanadoo. fr (corresponding author) & urn: lsid: zoobank. org: author: B 06 C 2640 - 700 A- 429 B-AA 2 F- 1 BE 09251 C 845 rousse.pascal@wanadoo.fr 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 2015 2015-05-28 124 1 129 journal article 22420 10.5852/ejt.2015.124 19721b2c-e043-4635-a299-6b1517b4e649 2118-9773 3780218 8E33A9C0-0940-4EF8-8105-7B71D9282635 Pristomerus zande sp. nov. urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 26CF33F4-5773-44EE-983D-F83705F42225 Fig. 48 Diagnosis Moderately small to small; yellowish-orange with mandible, clypeus and frontal orbits pale yellow, and variable dorsal black markings; trochanters and femora apically white-dotted; fore wing with anterior edge of pterostigma whitish; face densely punctate-granulate, clypeus almost entirely smooth, remainder of head coriaceous; clypeus strongly transverse; malar line short; antenna with 27 flagellomeres, penultimate one quadrate; mesosoma moderately to densely punctate, including sometimes pronotum and almost entire speculum, with punctures confluent into rugosities on notaulus; propodeal carination thick; female femoral tooth absent; ovipositor short, apically nearly straight. Male unknown. Differential diagnosis Small to moderately small and yellow to yellowish orange overall with some black markings dorsally; differentiated from all other Afrotropical species by the combination of the short malar line, the absence of a femoral tooth and the short ovipositor. Pristomerus zande sp. nov. is somewhat morphologically similar to P. albescens and P. vahaza , but is easily differentiated because both have a narrower clypeus. Type material Holotype CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC : ♀ , “ Central African Republic , Préfecture Sangha-Mbaéré , Parc National de Dzanga-Ndoki , Mabéa Bai , 21.4 Km 53°NE Bayanga, 3°02.01’N 16°24.57’E , 510m , 6–7.v.2001 , S van Noort, Malaise trap , CAR01–M38, lowland rainforest, marsh clearing, SAM–HYM– P049434” ( SAMC ). Paratypes CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC : 1 ♀ , same label data except: “yellow pan, CAR 01–Y02 SAM–HYM– P049435” ( SAMC ); 1 ♀ , same label data except: “ 38.6 km 173°S Lidjombo, 2°21.60’N 16°03.20’E , 350 m , 22–23.v.2001 , Malaise trap, CAR 01–M186, lowland rainforestSAM–HYM–P049436” ( SAMC ). Description Female ( 3 specimens ) B 4.8–6.3; A 3.0–3.7; F 2.8–3.7; CT 2.0; ML 0.4; POL 0.7; OOL 0.9; Fl n-1 1.0 ; ASM 2.2; OT 1.2–1.3; FFT 0. COLOUR. Yellowish-orange overall with mandible, clypeus and frontal orbits pale yellow, and variable black markings: frons, occiput laterally, vertex, flagellum, apex of tergite 1 and a variable basal part of following tergites; ovipositor sheath, hind tarsus, and apex and base of hind tibia infuscate; trochanters and femora apically white–dotted; wings hyaline, venation brown, pterostigma anteriorly white. HEAD. Face densely and shallowly punctate-granulate; inner margins of eyes slightly converging ventrally; clypeus almost smooth, strongly transverse, distinctly convex in profile view; malar line short; frons, vertex and temple coriaceous; frons with a weak mid-longitudinal carina; occipital carina joining hypostomal carina shortly above mandible base; antenna with 27 flagellomeres, penultimate flagellomere quadrate. MESOSOMA. Moderately elongate; entire pronotum moderately and shallowly punctate (postero-dorsally smooth in the smallest paratype ); mesopleuron and metapleuron very densely punctate-granulate, with a strong oblique striate furrow below speculum, speculum almost entirely shallowly punctate; mesonotum densely punctate, punctures confluent into fine transverse rugosities along notaulus; notaulus moderate; propodeal carination complete and thick, area petiolaris transversely strigose. Legs . Femoral tooth absent. METASOMA. Tergite 2 and apical half of tergite 1 longitudinally aciculate, following tergites sparsely and shallowly punctate-granulate; thyridium subcircular; ovipositor moderately short, stout, apically slightly swollen and nearly straight. Fig. 48. Pristomerus zande sp. nov. Holotype, ♀. A . Habitus, lateral view. B . Head, mesosoma, dorsal view. C . Head, anterior view. D . Propodeum, dorsal view. E . Mesosoma, lateral view. F . Hind tibia, lateral view (inset: data labels). Male Unknown. Distribution Central African Republic .