A review of the Afrotropical Rhyssinae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) with the descriptions of five new species Author Rousse, Pascal Author Noort, Simon Van 7CCD166F-F1FA-43DA-B582-4E84EAF59AD1 Natural History Department, Iziko South African Museum, PO Box 61, Cape Town 8000, South Africa & Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cape Town, Private Bag, Rondebosch 7701, South Africa & urn: lsid: zoobank. org: author: 7 CCD 166 F-F 1 FA- 43 DA-B 582 - 4 E 84 EAF 59 AD 1 text European Journal of Taxonomy 2014 2014-07-25 91 1 42 journal article 21980 10.5852/ejt.2014.91 a6c67e38-a7b7-4df5-839d-998299fd74b6 2118-9773 3836824 F6B6E184-448A-44EA-BF1B-D91122097847 Epirhyssa villemantae sp. nov. urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: C701D367-2EF0-4A73-8D41-F8F5EDADAA21 Fig. 11 Diagnosis Head and pronotum yellowish-orange; remainder of mesosoma black; metasoma orange; wings blackish with a pale subapical patch; face sparsely punctate and moderately protruding dorsally; clypeus smooth, with median subapical tubercle moderate, ventral margin truncate; frons laterally smooth, medially transversely striate, with two submedian carinae diverging toward lateral ocelli; antenna with 36 flagellomeres; mesopleuron with epicnemial carina reaching level of mesopleural pit; subtegular ridge convex; fore wing with 2m–cu slightly apical to rs–m; tergite 1 stout in female (male unknown); tergites 1–3 smooth, following tergites moderately punctate with basal transverse striations; apical margins of all tergites straight. CT 2.0; ML 0.6; POL 1.3; OOL 1.6; Fl 1 3.6; Fl 15 2.1; FL 33 0.9; T1 1.3; OT 4.4. Differential diagnosis A species with unique color pattern, with most of mesosoma black, metasoma orange and wings blackish with a subapical light patch; otherwise characterized by the sparsely punctate face, the truncate ventral margin of the clypeus and the stout tergite 1 of the female. Etymology Dedicated to Claire Villemant, MNHN curator, hymenopterologist and ichneumonomaniac, adviser, teacher, supporter, coach and friend. Type material Holotype NIGERIA : ♀ , Ilorin Prov. [ 06°48’N 05°18’E ], 18 Jun. 192 [sic], De. G.W.S. Macfie , Pres. by Imp. Bur. Ent. 1921–129 ( BMNH ). Description Female ( holotype ) B 17.1; A 13.1; F 13.1. COLOR. Head and pronotum yellowish-orange with mandible and ocellar area black; remainder of mesosoma blackish testaceous; metasoma orange; fore leg and mid leg from tibia yellowish orange, remainder of legs blackish testaceous; antenna and ovipositor sheath brown; wings strongly infuscate but with large subapical and small mid-dorsal pale yellowish patches on fore wing. HEAD. Face sparsely punctate, almost smooth laterally, and moderately protruding dorsally; clypeus smooth, with a moderate subapical median tubercle, ventral margin truncate; mandible stout; frons laterally smooth, medially transversely striate; inner margin of toruli expanded backwards into two weak sinuate submedian carinae, carinae then diverging and reaching lateral ocelli; frons also with an additional lateral curved carina from posterior margin of torulus to next to lateral ocellus; vertex and temples almost smooth, inter-ocellar area somewhat rugose; occipital carina mid-dorsally evanescent; hypostomal carina strongly raised above mandibular base; antenna with 36 flagellomeres. MESOSOMA. Mesosoma finely, sparsely and shallowly punctate, but mesonotum transversely striate and pronotum, speculum area and propodeum medially smooth; epomia very weak; dorsal faint apex of epicnemial carina reaching level of mesopleural pit; apex of subtegular ridge convex, not flanged laterally; submetapleural carina moderate and even all along. Fig. 11. Epirhyssa villemantae sp. nov. , holotype, ♀. A . Habitus, lateral view (inset: data labels). B . Mesosoma, lateral view. C . Metasoma, dorsal view. D . Head, anterior view. E . Mandibles, anterior view. WINGS. Fore wing with 2m–cu slightly apical to rs–m, cu–a slightly apical to Rs+M, Rs moderately bowed forwards; hind wing with distal abscissa of Cu joining Cu&cu–a at its anterior third, remote from junction with M. METASOMA. Tergite 1 moderately stout; tergites 1–3 smooth, following tergites moderately punctate with weak transverse basal striations; apical margins of all tergites straight. Male Unknown. Distribution Nigeria .