A revision of the parasitic wasp genus Bathyaulax Szépligeti (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Braconinae) from Africa and the Arabian Peninsula Author Kaartinen, Riikka Author Quicke, Donald L. J. text Journal of Natural History 2007 2007-02-16 41 1 - 4 125 212 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222930601121221 journal article 10.1080/00222930601121221 1464-5262 4581880 Bathyaulax hirticeps ( Cameron 1909 ) ( Figures 61, 62 ) Iphiaulax hirticeps Cameron 1909 Iphiaulax krebsii Cameron 1909 syn. nov. Bathyaulax krebsii ( Cameron 1909 ) Goniobracon krebsi [!]: Fahringer 1935 Material examined Holotypes : Female ( ZMHB ): Iphiaulax hirticeps Cameron 1909 , South Africa , Capland [no date], Krebs S . Female: (ZMHB): Iphiaulax krebsii Cameron 1909 , South Africa , Capland [no date], Krebs S. Description Female: Length of body 15 mm , of fore wing 12 mm . Antennae with 85 flagellomeres. Terminal flagellomere 3.5 times longer than wide. Height of clypeus:inter-tentorial distance:tentorio-ocular distance51.0:5.0:6.8. Width of face:width of head:height of eye51.3:2.2:1.0. Height of face:width of face51.0:1.8. Sculpture on face punctate. Clypeus rugose. Frons depressed and smooth, with a medial longitudinal carinae. POL:transverse diameter of posterior ocellus:shortest distance between posterior ocellus and eye51.1:1.0:3.6. Length of eye in dorsal view:distance of occiput and posterior margin of eye51.5:1.0. Mesosoma approximately 1.6 times longer than maximally deep. Fore wing: length of veins r:3-SR:SR151.0:3.9:5.8. Length of veins 2-SR:3-SR:rm51.0:2.4:1.3. Length of veins m-cu:2-M51.0:2.5. Length of veins 1-CU1:2- CU151.0:4.2. Vein 1-SR+M straight. Swelling in vein 3-CU1 1.5 times thicker than the other part of the vein. Legs: length of fore femur:tibia:basitarsus52.0:2.1:1.0. Fore basitarsus 4.4 times longer than deep. Length of hind femur:tibia:basitarsus52.1:3.2:1.0. Hind basitarsus 4.1 times longer than deep. First metasomal tergite 1.4 times longer than wide; raised median area smooth with medial longitudinal groove, posterior half strongly strigated on. Second tergite 2.2 times wider than long; strongly medially rugose to reticulate. Antero-medial triangular area raised and also strongly sculptured, anteriorly smooth. Third tergite 2.4 times wider than long; transverse furrows on anterior and subposterior margins strigated, raised medial area rugose. Antero-lateral areas smooth. Tergites four and five with anterior and subposterior strigated furrows, raised median areas rugose, antero-lateral areas smooth. Tergites six to eight smooth. Black to dark brown except for abdomen which is red. Head with reddish-brown lines around eyes. Wings dark brown, with hyaline areas on fore wing below pterostigma and weakly around vein r-m. Apical half of pterostigma darkened.