Afrotropical Ceraphronoidea (Insecta: Hymenoptera) put back on the map with the description of 88 new species Author Salden, Tobias A804D6E6-BCCA-453B-A6DD-8E80B67B4559 Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change, Museum Koenig, Arthropoda Department, Adenauerallee 160, 53113 Bonn, Germany. t.salden@leibniz-lib.de Author Peters, Ralph S. 5C16658B-28A2-4D32-8B5D-1371553DDA18 Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change, Museum Koenig, Arthropoda Department, Adenauerallee 160, 53113 Bonn, Germany. r.peters@leibniz-lib.de text European Journal of Taxonomy 2023 2023-07-21 884 1 1 386 http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2023.884.2181 journal article 59354 10.5852/ejt.2023.884.2181 fe3f62a2-6be2-4f38-8d69-da7d077408e6 2118-9773 8177941 A128228C-185E-4D21-B23B-223C7C737C4C Ceraphron nandi sp. nov. urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 834E960F-4619-489B-A0DE-1DAD0758890A Fig. 73 Diagnosis Scape, pedicel and flagellum brown; sensillae on flagellomeres distinctly shorter than width of flagellomeres; posterolateral processes of gena present; head width 2.06–2.14 × (2.10) interorbital space; OOL:LOL 2.78–3.03 (2.78). Male genitalia: harpe cone-shaped in ventral and dorsal view; harpe/gvc index 0.43; dorsomedial margins of harpes slightly converging and not touching at distodorsal margin of gvc, dorsomedial margin of harpe straight and slightly diverging distolaterally from base to apex; harpe with at least ten brush-like arranged and slightly convex median setae; harpe with at least two lateral setae restricted to apical half; dorsal area of gvc indented distomedially; genitalia moderately sclerotized with strongest sclerotization at distal half of gvc and apical aedeagus + gonossiculus and weakest sclerotization at harpe. Etymology The species is named after the Nandi people, an ethnic group in the south-eastern Kakamega Forest area. Material examined Holotype KENYA • ♂ ; Western Province , Kakamega Forest; 00°19′36 N , 34°52′14.6 E ; 1570 m a.s.l. ; 21 Jun. 2007 ; F. Hita Garcia leg.; Transect 6; primary rain forest; Winkler leaf litter extraction ; ZFMK ; ZFMK- HYM-00036866 . Paratypes KENYA – Western Province • 1 ♂ ; Kakamega Forest; 00°21′7.9 N , 34°52′2.6 E ; 1597 m a.s.l. ; 2 Jul. 2007 ; F. Hita Garcia leg.; Transect 7; primary rain forest; Winkler leaf litter extraction ; ZFMK ; ZFMK- HYM-00036867 • 1 ♂ ; Kakamega Forest; 00°27′0.9 N , 34°50′52.9 E ; 1649 m a.s.l. ; 3 Jul. 2007 ; F. Hita Garcia leg.; Transect 8; primary rain forest; Winkler leaf litter extraction ; ZFMK ; ZFMK-HYM-00036868 • 1 ♂ ; Kakamega Forest; 00°14′6.1 N , 34°52′9.2 E ; 1605 m a.s.l. ; 4 Sep. 2007 ; F. Hita Garcia leg.; Transect 23; primary rain forest; Winkler leaf litter extraction ; ZFMK ; ZFMK-HYM-00036869 . Description Male (N = 3 in morphometric measurements) BODY LENGTH . 1.40–1.70 mm ( 1.50 mm ). COLOUR . Head dark brown, mesosoma dark brown, metasoma brown; scape, pedicel and flagellum brown; legs yellowish except coxae dark brown with distal third light brown; fore wing venation light brown, fore and hind wing disc slightly melanized. ANTENNA . 11-segmented, flagellomeres cylindric; scape 4.3× as long as pedicel, scape longer than F1 and F2 combined, F1 2.4× as long as wide, F1 1.9× as long as pedicel, F1 1.4× as long as F2, F1 shorter than F7 and F8 combined (ZFMK-HYM-00036869), F1 slightly shorter than F9 (ZFMK-HYM-00036869), F6 2.0× as long as wide, F6 shorter than F7 and F8 combined (ZFMK-HYM-00036869), F6 1.3× as high as F9 (ZFMK-HYM-00036869); numerous medium-sized multiporous plates on flagellomeres, sensillae on flagellomeres sickle-shaped and distinctly shorter than width of flagellomeres. HEAD . Head width 1.03–1.13× (1.12) head height; head width 2.06–2.14 × (2.10) interorbital space; maximum eye diameter 1.39–1.41× (1.39) minimum eye diameter; head height 1.71–1.81 × (1.81) maximum eye diameter. Dorsal margin of occipital carina dorsal to dorsal margin of lateral ocellus in lateral view; preoccipital furrow present; preoccipital carina distinct. OOL:POL:LOL 1.00:0.43– 0.58:0.33–0.36 (1.00:0.43:0.36); OOL 2.17–2.33× (2.17) lateral ocellus diameter. White, thick setae on upper face distinct; supraclypeal depression present; lateral margin of torulus distinctly raised; intertorular carina present; posterolateral processes of gena present. MESOSOMA , METASOMA . Mesosoma not compressed laterally. Head width 0.90–1.02× (1.02) mesosoma width; Weber length 536–600 µm (584 µm). Mesoscutum densely setose, setae curved backwards; median mesoscutal sulcus present; median mesoscutal sulcus adjacent to transscutal articulation; interaxillar sulcus absent (= scutoscutellar sulcus adjacent to transscutal articulation), scutoscutellar sulcus concave; dorsal axillar area setose, setae curved backwards; mesoscutellum setose in anterior half, setae curved backwards or straight. Mesoscutum width 1.58–1.72 × (1.58) mesoscutellum width; posterior mesoscutal width 1.35–1.64× (1.50) mesoscutellum width; mesoscutellum length 1.35–1.43× (1.40) mesoscutellum width; mesoscutellum length 0.87–1.00 × (0.93) posterior mesoscutal width; Weber length 1.34–1.54 × (1.54) mesoscutum width; Weber length 1.58–1.74 × (1.74) mesoscutellum length. Anteromedian projection of the metanoto-propodeo-metapecto-mesopectal complex curved in lateral view with blunt and lighter end, exceeding end of mesosoma; mesometapleural sulcus present; posterior propodeal projection distinct, straight in ventrolateral view; posterior mesosomal comb present. Basal transverse carina of petiole (on syntergum) present; at least six distinct, basal longitudinal carinae on syntergum; pairs of translucent patches on metasomal syntergum and synsternum. Fig. 73. Holotype of Ceraphron nandi sp. nov. (ZFMK-HYM-00036866). A–C . Male genitalia in ventral (A), lateral (B) and dorsal (C) views. D . Habitus in lateral view. FORE WING . Length 2.69–2.84 × (2.69) width; stigmal vein slightly longer than 3× pterostigma marginal length. MALE GENITALIA . Genital length 213–219 µm (219 µm); Weber length 2.52–2.78 × (2.67) genital length; gvc width 94–100 µm (97 µm); genital length 2.16–2.27× (2.26) gvc width; gvc width less than two thirds of gvc length; gvc width 1.22× distal gvc width. Proximodorsal margin of gvc slightly convex; distodorsal margin of gvc slightly descending proximomedially ( Fig. 73C ); proximoventral margin of gvc slightly convex; distoventral margin of gvc descending proximomedially ( Fig. 73A ); ventral area of gvc straight or slightly convex; dorsal area of gvc slightly convex ( Fig. 73B ), indented distomedially; proximolateral margin of gvc slightly ascending and emarginated ventrally; distolateral margin of gvc descending ventrally ( Fig. 73B ). Harpe cone-shaped in ventral and dorsal view; harpe/gvc index 0.43; lateral articulation site of harpe with gvc not flush ( Fig. 73A, C ); ventral margin of harpe slightly concave, dorsal margin slightly concave ( Fig. 73B ), lateral margin straight, widest point of harpe at articulation site with gvc ( Fig. 73A, C ); dorsomedial margins of harpes slightly converging and not touching at distodorsal margin of gvc, dorsomedial margin of harpe straight and slightly diverging distolaterally from base to apex ( Fig. 73C ), apex of harpe rounded ( Fig. 73A, C ). Harpe with at least two lateral setae restricted to apical half, longest lateral setae one third as long as harpe, lateral setae oriented distolaterally; harpe with at least two apical setae, longest apical setae one third as long as harpe, apical setae oriented distomedially and distoventrally; harpe with at least ten brush-like arranged median setae, longest median setae less than one third as long as harpe, median setae slightly convex and oriented distomedially and medioventrally. Aedeagus + gonossiculus two thirds as long as harpe, apex of aedeagus + gonossiculus pointed ( Fig. 73A, C ) and ventral to apex of harpe. Genitalia moderately sclerotized with strongest sclerotization at distal half of gvc and apical aedeagus + gonossiculus and weakest sclerotization at harpe. Female Unknown. Variation Translucent patches are absent in ZFMK-HYM-00036868 and the proximodorsal margin of the gvc is slightly concave in ZFMK-HYM-00036868. The posterolateral processes of the gena are differently shaped in the paratypes . Biology Host unknown, specimens collected from leaf litter. Distribution Afrotropical: Kenya . Remarks Comparison with similar species See remarks under C. chemositi sp. nov. and C. mamamutere sp. nov. Condition of type material In the holotype , left F7–F9 and right F8 and F9 and the right hind wing are missing. The posterior part of the metasoma is missing, thus the body length measurement is not precise.