Contribution to the knowledge of Afrotropical Dryinidae, Embolemidae and Sclerogibbidae (Hymenoptera), with description of new species from Central African Republic and Uganda Author Olmi, Massimo Author van Noort, Simon Author Guglielmino, Adalgisa text ZooKeys 2016 578 45 95 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.578.7820 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.578.7820 1313-2970-578-45 50E7510F61FB444ABF5E1DA830ED4633 50E7510F61FB444ABF5E1DA830ED4633 Taxon classification Animalia Hymenoptera Dryinidae Aphelopus wittei Benoit** Aphelopus wittei Benoit, 1951c: 16. Material examined. Published records. Olmi (1990) : UGANDA: WESTERN REGION: Kasese District, Ruwenzori Range, Misigo, 8550 ft., 2-3.VIII.1952, D.S. Fletcher leg., 3♂♂ (2 in BMNH, 1 in BPBM). New records. CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC: Nana-Mambere Prefecture: 60 km W Bouar, 05°45'N , 15°13'E , 660 m, 23.III.2010, J. Halada leg., 1♂ (OLML); SANGHA-MBAERE PREFECTURE: Dzanga-Ndoki National Park, Mabea Bai, 21.4 km 53°NE Bayanga, 3°02.01'N , 16°24.57'E , 510 m, 7-8.V.2001, Malaise trap, lowland rainforest, marsh clearing, S. van Noort leg., 1♀, 4♂♂ (SAMC); Dzanga-Ndoki National Park, 38.6 km 173°S Lidjombo, 2°21.60'N , 16°03.20'E , 350 m, 22.V.2001, sweep, lowland rainforest, S. van Noort leg., 1♀, 12♂♂ (SAMC); Dzanga-Ndoki National Park, Mabea Bai, 21.4 km 53°NE Bayanga, 3°02.01'N , 16°24.57'E , 510 m, 6.V.2001, sweep, lowland rainforest, marsh clearing, CAR01-S48, S. van Noort leg., 1♂ (SAMC); Reserve Speciale de Foret Dense de Dzanga-Sangha, 12.7 km 326°NW Bayanga, 3°00.27'N , 16°11.55'E , 420 m, 13.V.2001, sweep, lowland rainforest, S. van Noort leg., 1♀, 8 ♂♂ (SAMC). UGANDA: Western Region: Kabarole District, Kibale Forest, Kanywara (RMNH); Kabarole District, Kibale National Park, Kanyawara, Makerere University Biological Field Station, 0°34.405'N , 30°21.646'E , 1484 m, 12-26.VIII.2008, Malaise trap, primary mid-altitude rainforest, near stream, S. van Noort leg., 1♂ (SAMC); same locality label, 00°33.891'N , 30°21.468'E , 1506 m, 12-26.VIII.2008, 1♀, 5♂♂ (SAMC); same locality label, 00°35.442'N , 30°21.741'E , 1465 m, 10.VIII.2008, sweep, primary mid-altitude rainforest, near stream, S. van Noort leg., 7♂♂ (SAMC); same locality label, 0°33.871'S 30°21.355'E , 1495 m, 12-26.VIII.2008, Malaise trap, secondary mid-altitude rainforest, S. van Noort leg., 2♂♂, 1♀ (SAMC); same locality label, 0°33.408'S 30°22.603'E , 1587 m, Malaise trap, degraded mid-altitude rainforest, S. van Noort leg., 3♂♂ (SAMC); same locality label, 2-12.VIII.2008, 0°33.784'S 30°22.617'E , 1500 m, Malaise trap, primary mid-altitude rainforest, S. van Noort leg., 1♀, 11♂♂ (SAMC); same locality label, 12-26.VIII.2008, 0°33.823'S 30°21.490'E , 1505 m, Malaise trap, primary mid-altitude rainforest, S. van Noort leg., 2♀♀, 2♂♂ (SAMC); same locality label, 2-12.VIII.2008, 0°33.836'S 30°21.700'E , 1523 m, Malaise trap, primary mid-altitude rainforest, S. van Noort leg., 2♀♀, 3♂♂ (SAMC). Hosts. Cicadellidae Typhlocybinae ( Guglielmino et al. 2013 ): in North Sudan: Jacobiasca lybica (Bergevin & Zanon); in Somalia: Jacobiella facialis (Jacobi). Distribution. Afrotropical, recorded from almost all sub-saharian countries, from Senegal to Somalia, in addition to Madagascar and Yemen ( Olmi and Copeland 2011 ; Olmi et al. 2015 ; Olmi and van Harten 2006 ). Newly recorded from Central African Republic here.