Muhaka icipe, an enigmatic new genus and species of Kleidotomini (Hymenoptera: Figitidae: Eucoilinae) from an East African coastal forest Author Buffington, M. L. Systematic Entomology Laboratory, ARS / USDA, c / o Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC, USA; Author Copeland, R. S. International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE), Nairobi, Kenya; & Division of Invertebrate Zoology, National Museums of Kenya, Nairobi, Kenya text Journal of Natural History 2015 2015-04-30 49 43 2597 2607 journal article 21117 10.1080/00222933.2015.1042411 fcb40b61-77e8-4d89-bb8a-ad06b7fe4b46 1464-5262 4000854 6918ED2C-69A4-48FC-A1E4-2B5DFF58E876 Muhaka icipe Buffington & Copeland , new species . Diagnosis As in diagnosis of the genus. Description As in description of genus with: Head . Nearly glabrous with a few scattered setae on inner orbits of compound eyes, frons, kemnina (torular sculpture) and ankos (central depression on vertex); ocellar hair patches absent ( Figure 2D ). Genal carina absent, but blunt ridge present, glabrous. Longitudinal striae present along vertex, very weakly setose ( Figure 2A ). Lateral mandibular fold present along basal half of each mandible, containing a single, stout seta ( Figure 2B ). Pronotum. Lateral aspect of pronotum smooth, gentle striae present posterior to lateral margin of pronotal plate, as well as ventral to pronotal trough ( Figure 2C ). Mesoscutum. Glabrous and smooth except for pair of sparse setal lines along the length of the mesoscutum (in position of notauli) ( Figure 3A ). Mesopectus. Upper and lower part of mesopleuron completely smooth, with a few gentle striae anteriorly; glabrous ( Figure 2C ). Scutellum. Rim of plate miniscule, translucent; two setae located anteriorly ( Figures 2A and 3A ); dorsal surface of scutellum bifurcate posteriorly, margined both laterally and posteriorly (sct, Figure 2A ). Lateral bars slightly wider than long; ventral lobe present, smooth; auricle lightly setose ( Figure 2C ). Scutellar fovea elliptical, interior surface smooth ( Figure 3A ). Metapectal–propodeal complex. Entire metapectus glabrous except for one to three long setae dorsally. Anteroventral cavity ellipsoidal, setose. Propodeum lightly covered in appressed setae ( Figure 2C ). Lateral propodeal carinae semi-parallel, slightly divergent, bowed at junction with auxiliary propodeal carinae; auxiliary propodeal carinae indistinct. Nucha heavily setose, deeply crenulate. Wings. R 1 incomplete along anterior margin of wing; marginal cell elongate; trace veins absent, M vein represented by setal line extending to apical margin of wing. Apical fringe medium length, longer along posterior margin. Metasoma. Hairy ring incomplete dorsally ( Figures 2C and 3A ). Distinct longitudinal striae present posterior to hairy ring ( Figure 3A ). Micropunctures absent on syntergum, sparsely present on remaining terga. Etymology icipe in honour of ICIPE, the International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology; it is a noun in apposition. ICIPE has been, and continues to be, a leader of entomological research in Africa. Biology Unknown. This species was collected in a 6 m Malaise trap set inside Muhaka Forest ( Figure 3D ). Material examined Holotype , male. KENYA , Coast Prov. , Muhaka Forest , 52 m , 4.32530°S , 39.52345°E , 6 m Malaise trap, indigenous forest, 30 May–19 June 2013 , R. Copeland. USNMENT 01022113. Deposited in NMKE . Paratypes , males: same data as holotype. USNMENT 01022107. Deposited in USNM ; KENYA , Coast Prov. , Muhaka Forest , 52 m , 4.32530°S , 39.52345°E , 6 m Malaise trap, indigenous forest, 27–30 May 2013 , R. Copeland. USNMENT 00917892. Deposited in SAMC .