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 kuku sp. nov. urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 96D377D7-D0FE-45AC-A263-A8027D1983A9 Fig. 17 Diagnosis Moderately large; mostly black with fore and mid legs and metasoma from tergite 3 yellowish-orange; trochanters and femora apically white-dotted; pterostigma anteriorly white; face coarsely and densely punctate, sculpture sparser and smoother on remainder of head; malar line moderately long; frons with a strong median protuberance; antenna with 35 flagellomeres; mesosoma densely and coarsely sculptured, punctate to rugose-punctate, including pronotum and almost entire speculum; female femoral tooth nearly absent; ovipositor short, weakly sinuous apically. Male with ocelli slightly enlarged, femoral tooth strong, tergites 3 and following medially black; otherwise similar to female. Differential diagnosis Large black species, differentiated from all other Afrotropical Pristomerus by the absence of a femoral tooth in females, the short ovipositor and the strong protuberance on the frons. It is related to P. yangere sp. nov. , which lacks the frontal protuberance and has a distinctly longer ovipositor. 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–M01, Lowland Rainforest, marsh clearing, SAM– HYM–P047401” ( SAMC ). Paratype UGANDA : ♂ , “Uganda, Kibale National Park, Kanyawara, Makerere University Biological Field Station, 1465 m , 0°35.442’N 30°21.741’E , 10.viii.2008 , S. van Noort, UG 08–KF12–S03, Sweep, primary mid-altitude rainforest, near stream, SAM–HYM–P047402” ( SAMC ). Description Female ( holotype ) B 9.3; A 6.1; F 6.2; CT 1.7; ML 0.6; POL 0.8; OOL 0.9; Fl n-1 1.2 ; ASM 1.7; OT 1.2; FFT 0–1. COLOUR. Mostly black with metasoma orange from tergite 3 and pale yellow parts on head: a thin margin along frontal orbit, malar space, mandible and palpi; legs testaceous-brown but hind femur black and Fig. 17. Pristomerus kuku 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). all trochanters and femora apically white-dotted; wings slightly infuscate, venation brown, pterostigma anteriorly white. HEAD. Face mid-longitudinally bulging, coarsely punctate, punctures somewhat confluent into transverse rugosities; clypeus transverse, more sparsely punctate, distinctly convex in profile view, its ventral margin strongly convex; malar line moderately long; frons finely and densely punctate with a strong median protuberance: laterally compressed, about triangular, its tip rounded, about as high as basally wide; vertex and temple coriaceous; occipital carina joining hypostomal carina distinctly above mandible base; antenna with 35 flagellomeres, penultimate one slightly elongate. MESOSOMA. Mesosoma elongate; entire pronotum, mesopleuron and metapleuron densely and deeply punctate, with a deep oblique striate furrow below speculum, speculum almost entirely punctate; mesonotum similarly punctate with punctures on apex of mesoscutum confluent into coarse transverse rugosities; notaulus strongly impressed; posterior vertical face of scutellum longitudinally striate; propodeum coarsely rugose punctate, carination thick, area superomedia not carinate laterally beyond anterior transverse carina. Legs . Femoral tooth nearly absent, reduced to a weak subapical protuberance followed by minute denticles. METASOMA. Tergite 2 and apical half of tergite 1 longitudinally aciculate, following tergites coriaceous; thyridium subelliptic and wide with main axis longitudinal; ovipositor relatively short, slightly downcurved, apically slightly swollen and weakly sinuous. Male ( paratype ) B 9.1;A 6.0; F 5.5; POL 0.5; OOL 0.6. Ocelli slightly enlarged; frontal protuberance present but distinctly smaller than basally wide; area superomedia fully carinate and slightly more elongate; femur swollen, femoral tooth and following denticles strong; tergite 3 and following medially black; otherwise similar to female. Distribution Central African Republic , Uganda .