Review of Afrotropical sceliotracheline parasitoid wasps (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae) Author van Noort, Simon https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6930-9741 Research and Exhibitions Department, South African Museum, Iziko Museums of South Africa, PO Box 61, Cape Town, 8000, South Africa & Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cape Town, Private Bag Rondebosch, 7701, Cape Town, South Africa svannoort@iziko.org.za Author Lahey, Zachary https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9402-9570 Department of Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology, The Ohio State University, 1315 Kinnear Road, Columbus, Ohio 43212, USA Author Talamas, Elijah J. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1048-6345 Division of Plant Industry, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Gainesville, FL, USA Author Austin, Andrew D. Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide 5005, Australia Author Masner, Lubomir Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, K. W. Neatby Building, Ottawa, Ontario K 1 A 0 C 6, Canada Author Polaszek, Andrew https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7171-3353 Department of Life Sciences, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW 7 5 BD, UK Author Johnson, Norman F. Department of Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology, The Ohio State University, 1315 Kinnear Road, Columbus, Ohio 43212, USA text Journal of Hymenoptera Research 2021 2021-12-23 87 115 222 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/jhr.87.73770 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/jhr.87.73770 1314-2607-87-115 7137A82A62E34958A48CB05BEA80FE60 DF6504D9294F5C7F8148AAA6C0D3E01B 5811667 Afrisolia obesa Masner & Huggert Fig. 4 Afrisolia obesa Masner & Huggert, 1989: 35 (original description); Vlug, 1995: 10 (catalogued, type information). Material examined. Holotype : South Africa • ♀ ; Grahamstown, 24 June 1955 , E. McCallan (NHMUK). Diagnosis. Overall a much lighter-coloured species as in A. quagga , with a red-orange metasoma, and red-brown mesosoma and head, whereas A. anyskop and A. robertsoni have a dark brown-black body, and A. quagga has an orange-yellow metasoma contrasting strongly with the darker head and mesosoma; A. obesa has OOL shorter than LOL, whereas it is longer than LOL in A. quagga , and equal in length to LOL in A. anyskop and A. robertsoni ; notauli are broader, 3 x longer than wide as in A. quagga , whereas remaining species have narrower notauli, at least 5 x longer than wide; mesocutum polished between notauli as in A. robertsoni , alutaceous reticulate in A. anyskop and A. quagga ; only a single strong dorsal striation on mesopleuron, whereas other species have two or more striations. Figure 4. Afrisolia obesa female holotype (NHMUK) (BM TYPE HYM9.675) A habitus, lateral view (inset: data labels) B habitus, dorsal view C head, mesosoma, lateral view D mesosoma, T1, dorsal view E head anterior view F fore wing (slide-mounted). Biology. Unknown. Distribution. South Africa (Eastern Cape) ( Masner and Huggert 1989 ).