Revision of the Afrotropical species of Pristomerus (Ichneumonidae: Cremastinae), with descriptions of 31 new species Author Rousse, Pascal B06C2640-700A-429B-AA2F-1BE09251C845 Natural History Department, Iziko South African Museum, PO Box 61, Cape Town, 8000, South Africa. & Stellenbosch University, Department of Botany and Zoology, Evolutionary Genomics Group, Private Bag X 1, Stellenbosch, 7602, South Africa. & Email: rousse. pascal @ wanadoo. fr (corresponding author) & urn: lsid: zoobank. org: author: B 06 C 2640 - 700 A- 429 B-AA 2 F- 1 BE 09251 C 845 rousse.pascal@wanadoo.fr 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 2015 2015-05-28 124 1 129 journal article 22420 10.5852/ejt.2015.124 19721b2c-e043-4635-a299-6b1517b4e649 2118-9773 3780218 8E33A9C0-0940-4EF8-8105-7B71D9282635 Pristomerus bemba sp. nov. urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: C0EE1F41-9AEC-4873-BB1B-3775997F7966 Fig. 5 Diagnosis Small; mostly testaceous interspersed with black, and with yellow parts on head; flagellum bicolour, dark brown with flagellomeres 1–3 testaceous; hind femur apically pale dotted; face densely punctate; clypeus strongly transverse, ventrally smooth; malar line moderately long; antenna with 24–26 flagellomeres, slightly widening toward apex, penultimate flagellomere quadrate; mesosoma moderately to densely punctate with pronotum almost entirely smooth, speculum ventrally smooth and mesoscutum coriaceous with most punctures located along notaulus; propodeum with area superomedia elongate; femoral tooth long and relatively narrow; ovipositor long, strongly sinuous apically. Male with inner margins of eyes moderately diverging ventrally, ocelli greatly enlarged, hind femur stouter, femoral tooth long and acute, followed by strong denticles. Differential diagnosis Small testaceous and black species with inner orbits lighter, pale yellow, and hind legs noticeably mottled; differentiated from all other Afrotropical species by the combination of this unique colour pattern, the largely coriaceous mesoscutum with scutellum punctate, the strong femoral tooth and the antenna with few flagellomeres. Type material Holotype ZAMBIA : ♀ , “ Zambia , South Luangwa nr. Mfuwelabout 10 km E. Mfuwe Malinba village vicinities, 12.XII.2011 , Gumovsky leg. SAM–HYM–P047391”( SAMC ). Paratypes IVORY COAST : 1 ♂ , “Lamto-RCI, 5°02 W 6°13 N , 8.8– 11.9.1985 , Afrormosia laxiflora ” ( BMNH ). KENYA : 1 ♂ , “Kenya, Lake Nakuru Hippo Point 16. xii. 1970 , A .E. Stubbs B.M. 1972–211” ( BMNH ). SOUTH AFRICA : 1 ♀ , “South Africa, Kranskloof SW of Buffelspoort Dam Magaliesberg, Tvl 16. iii. 1993 , S. Neser & R . Urban, with tingids on Rothmannia capensis ” ( SANC ); 1 ♂ , “Retief’s Kloof Transvaal 5.9.1961 H. N. Empey” ( SANC ). Description Female ( 2 specimens ) B 5.8–6.8; A 3.0–3.6; F 3.3–3.9; CT 2.1; ML 0.5; POL 0.8; OOL 0.7; Fl n-1 1.0 ; ASM 2.3; OT 2.0; FFT 2. COLOUR. Head testaceous with frons, inter-ocellar area and occiput black, orbits, clypeus and malar space yellow, and mandible and palpi pale yellow; antenna dark brown with scape, pedicel and flagellomeres 1–3 testaceous; mesosoma mostly testaceous with tegula yellow, and propodeum, metapleuron and most of mesosternum black; tergites 1–3 black, following tergites black with apical half fading to orange; fore and mid legs yellow; hind leg testaceous with trochanter, trochantellus, tibia and tarsus yellow, but apex of tibia black and apex of femur whitish-dotted; wings hyaline, venation pale brown, pterostigma anteriorly paler. Fig. 5. Pristomerus bemba sp. nov. Holotype, ♀. A . Habitus, lateral view. B . Head, mesosoma, dorsal view. C . Head, anterior view. D . Propodeum, dorsal view. E . Mesosoma, lateral view. F . Hind tibia, lateral view (inset: data labels). HEAD. Face densely punctate, punctation sparser on median bulge; inner margins of eyes parallel; clypeus strongly transverse, almost smooth with some punctures dorsally; malar line rather short; frons, vertex and temple coriaceous; ocelli enlarged; occipital carina joining mandible base; antenna with 24–26 flagellomeres, slightly widening toward apex, penultimate flagellomere quadrate. MESOSOMA. Elongate; pronotum hardly sculptured, mostly smooth with some punctures ventrally; mesopleuron and metapleuron densely and deeply punctate, with a shallow striate furrow below speculum, speculum ventrally smooth; mesoscutum coriaceous with apical margin, notaulus, and base of median lobe densely punctate; scutellum moderately punctate; propodeum coarsely and deeply punctate, area superomedia elongate and centrally smoother. Legs . Femoral tooth long and narrow, without denticles behind. METASOMA. Metasoma coriaceous with apex of tergite 1, entire tergite 2 and base of tergite 3 longitudinally aciculate; thyridium subcircular; ovipositor long, strongly sinuous apically. Male ( paratypes ) B 6.2–6.6; A 3.1–3.5; F 3.5–4.0; POL 0.7; OOL 0.1. Inner margins of eyes moderately diverging ventrally; antenna with 25–26 flagellomeres; ocelli enlarged, median ocellus nearly connected to eye; hind femur stouter, femoral tooth long and acute, followed by strong denticles; antenna slightly lighter orange with flagellomeres 1–3 yellow; otherwise similar to female. Biological record Unknown host on Afrormosia laxiflora (Fabaceae) . Distribution Ivory Coast , Kenya , South Africa , Zambia .