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 ruber ( Bingham 1902 ) – complex ( Figures 13 , 101–104 ) Iphiaulax ruber Bingham 1902 Bathyaulax ruber , Shenefelt, 1978 Bathyaulax rufer [sic.] Quicke 1980 Bathyaulax ruber ‘‘Smith’’; Quicke, 1980 [incorrect attribution: see Achterberg and O’Toole (1990)] Material examined Holotype : Female ( HECO ): Iphiaulax ruber Bingham 1902 . Zimbabwe , Salisbury, Mashonaland , 1900, G.A.K. Marshall. Additional specimens examined Iυory Coast : 1 female , Ferkessédougou, 10.– 20.5.1964 , J. Decelle ( RMCA ) . Kenya : Tsavo East National Park , nr. Voi Gate , VII-1977 , D. Quicke ( BMNH ) . Malaaei : 1 female , Lake Malawi National Park , Cape McClear , 22.11.2003 , R.J. Murphy (to be deposited in Malawi Collection ) . Saudi Arabia : 1 female , Taif, 17.6.1934 , J.B. Philby ( BMNH ) . Sudan : 1 female , W. Darfur , W. Jebel Murra , Karanga , 20.6.1932 , M. Steele ( BMNH ) . Uganda : 1 female , Kibale , Bugwere , 30.10.1933 , H.B. Johnston ( BMNH ) . Description Female: Length of body 20 mm , of fore wing 18 mm , of ovipositor 23 mm . Antennae with 75 flagellomeres (antennae broken). Height of clypeus:inter-tentorial distance:tentorio-ocular distance51.0:4.1:3.5. Width of face:width of head:height of eye51.3:2.3:1.0. Height of face:width of face51.0:2.0. Sculpture on face granulate to pustulate, on clypeus similar. Over clypeus a small smooth area. Frons weakly depressed, smooth, with medial longitudal groove. POL:transverse diameter of posterior ocellus: shortest distance between posterior ocellus and eye51.1:1.0:3.8. Length of eye in dorsal view:distance of occiput and posterior margin of eye51.8:1.0. Mesosoma approximately 1.6 times longer than maximally deep. Fore wing: length of veins r:3-SR:SR151.0:2.2:3.4. Length of veins 2-SR:3-SR:r-m5 1.0:2.0:1.3. Length of veins m-cu:2-M51.0:2.4. Length of veins 1-CU1:2-CU151.0:8.3. Shape of vein 1-SR+M weakly S-shaped. Swelling in vein 3-CU1 1.5 times thicker than the other part of the vein. Legs: Length of fore femur:tibia:tarsus51.9:2.2:1.0. Fore basitarsus 4.6 times longer than deep. Length of hind femur:tibia:tarsus52.2:3.1:1.0. Hind basitarsus 4.2 times longer than deep. First metasomal tergite 1.5 times longer than wide; raised median area smooth with posterior margin strigated. Second tergite 3.2 times wider than long; raised median area strigated, antero-medial triangular area raised and smooth. Semicircular areas on posterior sub-lateral margins. Third tergite 2.1 times wider than long; with strigated transverse furrows on anterior and posterior margins, raised median area longitudinally strigose. Antero-lateral areas raised and smooth. Tergites four and five similar, but tergite five raised median area smooth. Tergites six to eight smooth. Orange-brown except for the following which are black: face, frons, vertex, temples, apex of mandibles, antennae and ovipositor sheets. Wings evenly darkened, with a weakly paler area below pterostigma. Apical quarter of pterostigma darkened, basal part yellowishorange. Hind wing darkened with pale area on base of marginal cell.