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 mboum sp. nov. urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: F0F10028-D908-4AF6-8300-C54074B182B2 Fig. 21 Diagnosis Small; yellow to yellowish-orange with dorsal black markings on head and metasoma; femora and trochanters apically white-dotted; anterior edge of pterostigma whitish; face densely punctate; clypeus smooth, moderately transverse; malar line very short; remainder of head coriaceous; mesosoma densely punctate to punctate-granulate, with speculum ventrally, most of pronotum and scutellum quite smooth; area superomedia long and narrow, hardly carinate laterally; femoral tooth small; ovipositor moderately short, apically strongly sinuous. Male unknown. Differential diagnosis Small, mostly yellowish-orange; differentiated from all other Afrotropical Pristomerus by the combination of the quite smooth scutellum, the short malar line, the small female femoral tooth and the rather enlarged ocelli. The apical white dot on the femora and the black occiput are also reliable identification cues, making P. mboum sp. nov. morphologically close to P. masai sp. nov. and related species. Type material Holotype CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC : ♀ , “ Central African Republic , Préfecture Sangha-Mbaéré , Parc National de Dzanga–Ndoku , Mabéa Bai , 21.4 km 53°NE Bayanga , 3°02.01’N 16°24.57’E , 510m , 6–7.v.2001 , S van Noort, sweep, CAR01–S94, lowland rainforest, marsh clearing SAM–HYM– P047406” ( SAMC ). Other material? (see comments) UGANDA : 1 ♂ , “Uganda, Kibale National Park, Kanyawara, Makerere University Biological Field Station, 1465 m , 0°35.442’N 30°21.741’E , 10.viii.2008 , S. van Noort, UG 08–KF12–S03, Sweep, primary mid-altitude rainforest, near stream, SAM–HYM–P049448” ( SAMC ). Fig. 21. Pristomerus mboum 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). Description Female ( holotype ) B 4.4; A n/a; F 3.3; CT 1.7; ML 0.3; POL 0.5; OOL 0.8; Fl n-1 n/a; ASM 2.4; OT 1.5; FFT 1. COLOUR. Yellow to yellowish-orange overall, with face fading to dark brown medially and numerous black markings: frons, inter-ocellar area, occiput, tergite 2 medially and a basal spot on following tergites; femora and trochanters apically white-dotted; wings slightly infuscate apically, venation pale brown, anterior edge of pterostigma whitish. HEAD. Face moderately densely and deeply punctate; inner margins of eyes subparallel; clypeus moderately transverse, almost smooth; frons, vertex and temple coriaceous; malar line very short; ocelli enlarged; occipital carina joining hypostomal carina distinctly above mandible base; both antennae broken. MESOSOMA. Moderately elongate; pronotum smooth, shallowly strigose anteriorly; mesopleuron and metapleuron densely punctate, with an oblique striate furrow below speculum, ventral half of speculum smooth; mesoscutum densely punctate-granulate, punctures confluent apically; notaulus moderate; scutellum quite smooth; propodeum densely punctate-granulate, medially transversely strigose, area superomedia long and narrow, weakly delimited laterally beyond anterior transverse carina. Legs . Femoral tooth small, followed by minute denticles. METASOMA. Apical half of tergite 1, tergite 2 and base of tergite 3 longitudinally aciculate; following tergites coriaceous; thyridium elliptic, its main axis longitudinal; ovipositor moderately short, its apical third sinuous. Male Not known with certainty (see comments). Distribution Central African Republic , Uganda (?). Comments The probable male from Uganda shares the colour pattern and the quite smooth scutellum and pronotum. It was, however, not included as a paratype because its head is missing and it therefore could not be unambiguously determined.