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 babinga sp. nov. urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: D84F4F33-A53F-44CF-A6CB-88E4E1F87C43 Fig. 4 Diagnosis Large; yellow to yellowish-orange overall, with frons darker than face and notaulus and scutellum distinctly lighter than remainder of mesonotum; anterior edge of pterostigma whitish; face densely punctate-granulate; inner margins of eyes diverging ventrally; clypeus strongly transverse, medially smooth; malar line moderately short; remainder of head coriaceous; antenna with 31–35 flagellomeres, penultimate flagellomere quadrate; mesosoma densely and evenly punctate, except pronotum dorsally and speculum ventrally; area superomedia elongate; female femoral tooth strong; ovipositor long, slightly sinuous apically. Male unknown. Differential diagnosis Large and mostly yellow to orange species; differentiated from all other Afrotropical species by the combination of the rather strong femoral tooth, the ventrally diverging inner margins of eyes, the strongly transverse clypeus, the numerous flagellomeres and the long ovipositor. The only other Afrotropical species with such a transverse clypeus is P. bullis , in which the femoral tooth and the ovipositor are shorter. Type material Holotype CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC : ♀ , “ Central African Republic , Préfecture Sangha-Mbaéré , Parc National de Dzanga-Ndoki , 38.6 km 173°S Lidjombo , 2°21.60’N 16°03.20’E , 350 m , 20– 21. v. 2001 , S. van Noort , Malaise trap , CAR01–M160, lowland rainforest SAM–HYM–P047384” ( SAMC ). Paratype CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC : ♀ , same label data except: “Réserve Spéciale de Forêt Dense de Dzangha-Sangha, 12.7 km 326°NW Bayanga, 3°00.27’ N 16°11.55’ E , 420 m , 10– 11. v. 2001 , CAR 01– M 78, Lowland Rainforest SAM–HYM–P047385” ( SAMC ). Description Female ( 2 specimens ) B 9.6–10.1; A 5.5–5.9; F: 6.2–6.4; CT 2.4–2.6; ML 0.5; POL 1.0; OOL 1.3; Fl n-1 1.0 ; ASM 2.2; OT 1.9–2.1; FFT 2. COLOUR. Head yellow with frons, vertex and occiput yellowish-orange; mesosoma, legs and metasoma yellowish-orange with scutellum and notaulus yellow; tergites 1–2 sometimes basally blackened; flagellum and ovipositor sheath black; wings hyaline, venation brown, anterior edge of pterostigma whitish. HEAD. Face densely punctate-granulate; inner margins of eyes diverging ventrally; clypeus strongly transverse, short, moderately punctate-granulate laterally, medially smooth; malar line moderately short; frons, vertex and temple coriaceous; occipital carina joining hypostomal carina at mandible base; antenna with 34 flagellomeres (both apices broken in holotype ), penultimate flagellomere quadrate. Fig. 4. Pristomerus babinga 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). MESOSOMA. Moderately elongate; entire mesosoma densely and deeply punctate, except pronotum dorsally and ventral half of speculum smooth, mesopleuron with an oblique, shallowly striate furrow below speculum, and propodeum medially transversely striate; notaulus moderately deep; area superomedia sometimes not defined laterally. Legs . Femoral tooth about as high as basally wide, followed by a row of denticles. METASOMA. Tergite 2, apical half of tergite 1 and base of tergite 3 longitudinally aciculate, following tergites coriaceous with sparse punctures; thyridium subcircular; ovipositor long, stout, weakly sinuous apically. Male Unknown. Distribution Central African Republic .