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 kagga sp. nov. urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 2EF10C4A-F4E5-4F5D-8247-DA8F06876E80 Fig. 13 Diagnosis Moderately sized; background colour rufo-testaceous with black markings of variable extent; face densely punctate-granulate, punctation sparser on clypeus and on remainder of head; inner margins of eyes subparallel; malar line very long; ocelli reduced; antenna with 25–28 flagellomeres, penultimate one slightly transverse; entire mesosoma densely, deeply and evenly punctate but pronotum and speculum mostly smooth; propodeum with area superomedia elongate, weakly delimited laterally; female femoral tooth very strong, followed by strong denticles; ovipositor moderately short, its apex moderately sinuous. Differential diagnosis Moderately sized species with a characteristic colour pattern, rufo-testaceous with large black markings; differentiated from all other Afrotropical species by the combination of the very long malar line and the strong femoral tooth in females. The reduced ocelli and the dense punctation over the entire mesosoma are also helpful for identification. Etymology Kagga is old Norse for a keg or casket and is taken from the name of the type locality. Type material Holotype SOUTH AFRICA : ♀ , “ South Africa , Western Cape , Cederberg , Kagga Kamma Nature Reserve , 32°45.382’S 19°34.045’E , 1065m , 19 July 2014 , S. van Noort , Sweep, Swartruggens Quartzite Fynbos, KAG14-FYN1-S01, SAM-HYM-P048057” ( SAMC ). Fig. 13. Pristomerus kagga 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). Paratypes SOUTH AFRICA : 2 ♀♀ , same label data except: “SAM-HYM-P048056 and SAM-HYM-P048058” ( SAMC ). Description Female ( 3 specimens ) B 4.9–5.8; A 2.7–3.1; F 3.6–4.2; CT 1.5; ML 1.1; POL 2.1; OOL 1.5; Fl n-1 0.9 ; ASM 2.0; OT 1.2–1.3; FFT 2. COLOUR. Background colour rufo-testaceous with black markings of variable extent on: frons, inter-ocellar area (marking sometimes extending to frons and occiput), occiput, mesoscutal lobes (sometimes only notaulus rufo-testaceous), sometimes scuto-scutellar groove and base of scutellum, propodeum (basally to entirely), mesopleuron and metapleuron almost entirely rufo-testaceous to black with only speculum area rufo-testaceous, entire mesosoma ventrally, basal half of tergite 1 only to metasoma almost entirely black, hind coxa more or less entirely, flagellum and ovipositor sheath; wings hyaline, venation dark brown. HEAD. Face densely punctate-granulate, punctation sparser on median bulge; inner margins of eyes subparallel; clypeus barely transverse, long, shallowly and sparsely punctate; malar line very long; frons, vertex and temple sparsely to densely punctate-granulate; antenna with 25–28 flagellomeres, penultimate flagellomere shorter than wide. MESOSOMA. Moderately elongate; pronotum almost smooth with some sparse punctures along dorsal, posterior and ventral margins; mesopleuron and metapleuron densely, deeply and evenly punctate, speculum smooth except some punctures dorsally; mesoscutum and scutellum densely, deeply and evenly punctate, apical third of mesoscutum with punctures somewhat confluent into weak transverse rugosities, notaulus relatively strong; propodeum densely, deeply and evenly punctate with area superomedia smoother centrally, area superomedia elongate, weakly delimited laterally beyond anterior transverse carina. Legs . Femoral tooth very strong, obviously higher than basally wide, followed by strong denticles. METASOMA. Tergite 2 and apical half of tergite 1 longitudinally aciculate, following tergites coriaceous; thyridium large and subcircular; ovipositor moderately short, straight, moderately sinuous apically. Male Unknown. Distribution South Africa ( Western Cape ).