Revision of Trigastrotheca Cameron (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Braconinae) with descriptions of 13 new species Author Quicke, Donald L. J. 0000-0003-4471-6775 Integrative Insect Ecology Research Unit, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Pathumwan, Thailand Author Van Noort, Simon 0000-0001-6930-9741 Research and Exhibitions Department, South African Museum, Iziko Museums of South Africa, P. O. Box 61, Cape Town, 8000, South Africa & Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cape Town, Private Bag, Rondebosch, 7701, South Africa Author Ranjith, Avunjikkattu Parambil 0000-0001-7061-9659 Integrative Insect Ecology Research Unit, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Pathumwan, Thailand Author Friedman, Ariel L. L. 0000-0003-4389-6858 The Steinhardt Museum of Natural History, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel Author Mejlon, Hans 0000-0003-0815-4656 Museum of Evolution, Zoology, Uppsala University, Norbyvägen 16, SE- 752 36 Uppsala, Sweden Author Butcher, Buntika A. 0000-0002-0541-0709 Integrative Insect Ecology Research Unit, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Pathumwan, Thailand & Research and Exhibitions Department, South African Museum, Iziko Museums of South Africa, P. O. Box 61, Cape Town, 8000, South Africa text ZooKeys 2024 2024-06-21 1205 115 167 journal article 298737 10.3897/zookeys.1205.125014 88cb056b-83e5-477c-8610-df785bca9fbb CB5CEA6F-6527-4F21-9957-5A32B7179AB5 Trigastrotheca simba van Noort sp. nov. Figs 23 , 24 Type material. Holotype ♀ , Tanzania , Mkomazi Game Reserve , Kamakota Hill , 4.14 ° S , 28.24 ° E , 4 Dec 1995 , S. van Noort , on Ficus ingens (Miq.) Miq. With ripe fig crop ( SAMC ) . Paratypes : 1 ♂ , same data as holotype ( SAMC ) . Diagnosis. Similar to T. trilobata but tarsal claw with a smaller, bidentate, and more rounded basal lobe compared to a larger, more foliaceous, and acutely triangular basal lobe in T. trilobata . The postero-lateral margin of T 5 has more prominent teeth (~ 8 or 9) compared to T. trilobata which has only 5 or fewer obvious teeth (Fig. 33 D ). Postero-medial protuberance of T 5 acutely rounded, shorter than lateral lobes, with concavities lateral of medial protuberance acutely invaginated, whereas in T. trilobata the medial protuberance is of equivalent length to the lateral lobes; and the concavities lateral of medial protuberance are broadly invaginated. Description. Holotype female. Length of body 5.16 mm , fore wing 4.14 mm . Head . Antenna with 36 flagellomeres. Terminal flagellomere with a spicule. First flagellomere equivalent in length to the 2 nd and 3 rd , the latter 1.25 × longer than wide. Width of head: width of face: height of eye = 2.5: 1.3: 1.0. Face with fine transverse striations laterally; with mid-longitudinal ridge dissipating ventrally. Inter-tentorial distance 2.3 × longer than tentorio-ocular distance. Malar suture impressed. Malar space equivalent to basal width of mandible. Frons strongly impressed with a complete mid-longitudinal carina. Shortest distance between posterior ocelli: transverse diameter of posterior ocellus: shortest distance between posterior ocellus and eye = 1.0: 1.0: 2.3. Mesosoma 1.5 × longer than high. Mesoscutum rugose; notauli weakly impressed for entire length with weak crenulations. Scutellar sulcus shallow, narrow, finely crenulate. Scutellum weakly rugose, setose without small pit medially behind sulcus. Median area of metanotum with complete mid-longitudinal carina. Propodeum weakly rugose; mid-longitudinal carina complete, lamelliform, with ~ 9 transverse, curved striae radiating laterally for short distance before grading into rugulosity; posteriorly propodeum with short longitudinal carinae. Wings . Fore wing. Lengths of fore wing veins r-rs: 3 RSa: 3 RSb = 1.0: 1.5: 4.6. Lengths of vein 2 RS: 3 RSa: rs-m = 1.0: 1.3: 1.8. Base of hind wing glabrous. Legs . Lengths of fore femur: fore tibia: fore tarsus = 1.0: 1.2: 1.2. Lengths of hind femur: hind tibia: hind tarsus = 1.0: 1.1: 1.0. Claws with small rounded weakly bilobate basal lobe. Metasoma . T 1 2.0 × wider than long. T 2 0.7 × as long as T 3. TT 1–5 with coarse reticulate sculpture. Second metasomal suture weakly strigose, basal grooves of TT 4 and 5 deep, strigose. T 5 with postero-lateral margin convex, distinctly denticulate (~ 8 or 9 uneven teeth) along anterior 3 / 4 of margin; medial protuberance acutely rounded, shorter than lateral lobes, concavities lateral of medial protuberance acutely invaginated. Coloration . Body mostly yellow except antenna, eyes, and tarsi black, and stemmaticum which is dark brown with orange margins. Figure 23. Trigastrotheca simba sp. nov. ♀ holotype A habitus, lateral view B habitus, dorsal view with labels inset C head, anterior view D head, antero-ventral view E head, dorsal view F head and mesosoma, lateral view. Figure 24. Trigastrotheca simba sp. nov. ♀ holotype A head and mesosoma, dorsal view B scutellum, metanotum and propodeum, dorsal view C T 1, dorsal view D T 5, dorsal view E metasoma, lateral view F fore wing. Male. Same as female. Distribution. Afrotropical ( Tanzania ). Host. Unknown, but both the female and male were hand collected from a Ficus ingens tree with a ripe fig crop, and they may have been locating or recently emerged from arboreal nesting Crematogaster on the tree. Etymology. Specific name refers to the presence alongside wild lions of this uniformly pale colored species in the East African savanna (Mkomazi Game Reserve, now a National Park), the provenance of the holotype . Simba is Kiswahili for lion. Noun in apposition.