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 yangere sp. nov. urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 3412DBAD-1BB8-41FD-960E-E98F92CC01C8 Fig. 46 Diagnosis Large; black with metasoma orange from tergite 3; trochanters and apex of femora white-dotted; pterostigma anteriorly white; face densely punctate-granulate; clypeus more sparsely punctate, transverse; malar line long; remainder of head finely and densely punctate; antenna with 32–35 flagellomeres, penultimate flagellomere quadrate; mesosoma coarsely punctate with middle of pronotum and ventral half of speculum smooth, and propodeum punctate-rugose; female femoral tooth absent; ovipositor long, strongly sinuous apically. Male unknown. Differential diagnosis Large and black with metasoma partially orange; differentiated from all other Afrotropical species by the combination of the colour pattern, the large size and the absence of a female femoral tooth; it might be closely related to P. kuku sp. nov. , which is, however, characterized by a strong frontal protuberance and a distinctly shorter ovipositor. Type material Holotype CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC : ♀ , “ Central African Republic , Préfecture Sangha-Mbaéré , Réserve Spéciale de Forêt Dense de Dzanga–Sangha , 12.7 Km 326°NW Bayanga, 3°00.27’N 16°11.55’E , 420m , 11.v.2001 , S van Noort, Sweep, CAR01–S110, Lowland Rainforest, SAM–HYM–P049432” ( SAMC ). Description Female ( holotype ) B 11.6; A 6.5; F 6.8; CT 1.8; ML 0.7; POL 0.8; OOL 1.0; Fl n-1 1.0 ; ASM 2.0; OT 1.9; FFT 0. COLOUR. Head black with lighter pale yellow to yellowish parts: clypeus, mandible, palpi, malar space and frontal orbits; mesosoma black with tegula pale yellow; tergites 1–2 black, following tergites orange; fore and mid legs yellowish-orange; hind leg basally black, strongly infuscate from femur; all trochanters and femora apically white-dotted; antenna and ovipositor sheath dark brown; wings slightly infuscate, venation brown, pterostigma anteriorly white. HEAD. Face densely punctate-granulate; inner margins of eyes subparallel; clypeus transverse, sparsely punctate but punctation denser along dorsal margin, distinctly convex in profile; malar line long; frons, vertex and temple finely and densely punctate; frond with a moderate mid-longitudinal ridge from median ocellus to upper face; occipital carina joining hypostomal carina at mandible base; antenna with 35 flagellomeres, penultimate flagellomere quadrate. MESOSOMA. Moderately stout; pronotum densely and finely punctate with a smooth median area; mesopleuron and metapleuron densely punctate with an oblique striate furrow below speculum, speculum ventrally smooth; mesoscutum densely and coarsely punctate-granulate, punctures confluent into transverse rugosities along notaulus; notaulus deep; scutellum densely punctate, its posterior vertical face longitudinally striate; propodeum coarsely punctate-rugose, laterally punctate; carination thick. Legs . Femoral tooth totally absent. METASOMA. Tergites 2–3 and apical half of tergite 1 longitudinally aciculate, following tergites coriaceous; thyridium elliptic and wide with main axis oblique; ovipositor long, slightly down-curved, apically strongly sinuous. Fig. 46. Pristomerus yangere 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 .