Revision of Xiphentedon Risbec, 1957 and Colpixys Waterston, 1916 (Hymenoptera, Eulophidae), with descriptions of new species from the Afrotropics Author Gumovsky, Alex text European Journal of Taxonomy 2023 2023-11-09 905 1 83 https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2325/10109 journal article 10.5852/ejt.2023.905.2325 2118-9773 10127256 160592A4-64B3-40C7-BA75-8CE075F873A5 Xiphentedon halli ( Gumovsky, 1997 ) comb. nov. Fig. 17 Entedon ( Cederholmia ) halli Gumovsky, 1997: 26 . Diagnosis As for the group and also: scape pale, pedicel and flagellum dark; head dorsally nearly 3.0 × as wide as long ( Fig. 17H ); interantennal space without a process; gena bulging; fore tibia pale brown with two dark stripes, mid and hind tibiae darkened similarly, both not more than on basal half; axillular projection bidentate; median propodeal strip broad and smooth ( Fig. 17H ). Fig. 17. Xiphentedon halli ( Gumovsky, 1997 ) comb. nov. , ♀, holotype (Sierra-Leone; MZLU). A–D . Color images. E–I . Line drawings from Gumovsky (1997) . A, C, E . Habitus. A . Lateral view. C, E . Dorsal view. B, G . Head in frontal view. D, F . Propodeum. H . Head in dorsal view. I . Antennal scape and pedicel. Type material examined Holotype SIERRA LEONE • ♀ ; Karina distr. , at Makeni-Kabala road; 11°57′ W , 9°17′ N ; 28 Nov. 1993 ; L. Cederholm , R. Danielsson and R. Hall leg.; loc. 10; Lund University Sierra Leone Expedition 1993; MZLU . Description Female Pedicel plus flagellum about 2.7× as long as scape, gaster about 4.0 × as long as wide, syntergum at least 6.6 × as long as wide ( Fig. 17C, E ); CC asetose. Male Unknown. Biology Unknown. Distribution Sierra Leone ( Gumovsky, 1997 ). Remarks This species is so far only known from the holotype ; there are some male specimens from other Afrotropical areas which may or may not be conspecific; however, this is difficult to infer solely from the morphology. The female of X. halli comb. nov. differs from those of the similar species X. kayovei and X. neserorum sp. nov. in having a shorter gaster and shorter antennal segments, and also in the asetose costal cell of the fore wing.