African Platyplectrus Ferrière (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) from Kenya, with description of nine new species Author Yefremova, Zoya A. The Steinhardt Museum of Natural History, Israel National Center for Biodiversity Studies, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, 6997801 Israel Author Copeland, Robert S. International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology, Nairobi, Kenya, and Department of Entomology, U. S National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D. C text Zootaxa 2023 2023-10-27 5360 3 355 384 https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/download/zootaxa.5360.3.2/52122 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.5360.3.2 1175-5326 10088533 AD6C7C3D-B027-4563-BCC9-A6C5ACCC2D8F 14. Platyplectrus obscuratus ( Ferrière, 1941 ) Figs 55–58 Euplectromorpha obscurata Ferrière, 1941: 28 . Female and male, Africa, Nyasaland , Namiwawa & Uganda (BMNH, examined). Platyplectrus obscuratus ( Ferrière, 1941 ) ; Narendran, 2011: 321 . Diagnosis. Pronotum large, without carina. Occipital carina present. Scutellum with wide, lateral and posterior foveate grooves ( Fig. 58 ), POL 1.7× as long as OOL. Vertex with numerous setae. Female . Antenna. F1 2.0× as long as pedicel and 1.4× as long as F2, F4 1.2× as long as wide. Petiole slightly longer than wide. Body mostly black. Male . Antenna. F1 1.4× as long as F2, F4 1.2× as long as wide. Redescription. Female. Body size 1.8–2.1 mm . FIGURES 54–61. 54. P. nyanzaensis sp. nov. Holotype . Female. 54. Head+antennae, frontal. 55–58. P. obscuratus Ferrière. Female. 55. Lateral habitus. 56. Dorsal habitus. 57. Head+antennae, frontal. 58. Scutellum, close-up of scutellum showing foveate grooves (arrows). 59–61 . P. ornatus Ferrière. 59. Lateral habitus. 60. Dorsal habitus. 61. Dorsal mesothorax (not to scale). Colour ( Figs 55–57 ): Thorax black, head dark brown including clypeus, eyes light grey, ocelli light yellow; scape and pedicel light yellow, funicle dark yellow, gaster yellow, brownish on Gt 4–6 . Fore and mid legs yellow, hind coxae black, hind femur yellow with apical half brown. Head: Malar sulcus present. Mandibles membranous. Eyes asetose. POL 1.7× as long as OOL. Occipital carina well developed. Antennae inserted above the level of the lower margin the eyes. Scape 4.2× as long as wide. Pedicel 1.6× as long as wide. Flagellomeres 1 – 4. F1 1.4× as long as F2, F2=F3, F3 1.16× as long as F4. Clava 3-segmented 2.4× as long as wide and 1.8× as long as F4 ( Fig. 57 ). Mesosoma: Pronotum without carina. Mesoscutum strongly reticulate. Scutellum rugulose in middle with strongly foveate lateral and posterior grooves ( Fig. 58 ), axillae and propodeum strongly reticulate. Propodeum with strong median carina, callus with four long setae in marginal row and four in first row. Fore wing 2.5× as long as wide. SMV with 5 long setae. Speculum small along 1/5 MV. SMV (23): MV (35): PMV (17): STV (9). Costal cell with numerous short setae in three rows. Hind wing rounded apically. Hind tibiae with two spurs; TS1 1.25× as long as 1 sttarsomere and 1.6× as long as TS2. Petiole as long as wide. Gaster 2.4× as long as wide. Host. Larvae of Lymantriidae (Lepidoptera) ( Ferrière, 1941 ) and Archips occidentalis (Walsingham) ( Lepidoptera : Tortricidae ) ( Narendran, 2011 ). Distribution. Uganda , South Africa ; * Kenya , * Cameroon , * Congo . Material examined. Kenya , 1 ♀ , Rift Valley Prov. , Matthews Range , 1459 m , 0.97984° N , 37.34599° E , Malaise trap , riverine forest, near Wamba , 17–31 May 2016 , R. Copeland ( NMK ) ; 1 ♀ , Rift Valley Prov. , Saiwa swamp Nat. Park , nr. campsite, 1882 m , 1.09417° N , 35.11833° E , Malaise trap , next to permanent upland swamp, 12–26 Feb 2006 , R. Copeland ( NMK ) ; 1 ♀ , Eastern Prov. , Endau Mtn , base of, 513 m , 1.30026° S , 38.52805° E , Malaise trap , indigenous forest, 18 May–1 Jun 2018 , R. Copeland ( SMNH-TAU ) ; 1 ♀ , Kaimosa Mission 27 mi. NE. Kisumu , xi-29-57,1650 m, E.S. Ross & R.E. Leech collectors ( UCRC ) ; 1 ♀ [7852–56], Rift Valley Prov. , Chorlim , base of Mt. Elgon , 1893 m , 1.02903° N , 34.84699° E , Malaise trap in Acacia riverine woodland, 28 Jun –12 Jul , 2019, R. Copeland ( NMK ) ; 1 ♀ , Rift Valley Prov. Chorlim , base of Mt. Elgon , 1882 m , 1.03149° N , 34.84780° E , Malaise trap in Acacia sp. riverine woodland, 8–22 Apr 2017 , R. Copeland ( SMNH-TAU ) ; 1 ♀ , Rift Valley Prov. , Marich Pass Field Station , 917 m , 1.53633° N , 35.45800° E , Malaise trap , low canopy riverine forest, 7–21 Aug 2005 , R. Copeland ( NMK ) ; 1 ♀ , Rift Valley Prov. , Tsavo West Nat Park , riverine woodland, 464 m , 2.99615º S , 38.45988º E , Malaise trap , bank of Tsavo river , nr. Nat. Pk. Gate , 9–23 Sep 2008 , R. Copeland ( SMNH-TAU ) ; 1 ♀ , Nyanza Prov. , Ungoye , ICIPE field station, 0.61528º S , 34.09114º E , 1157 m , Malaise trap inside seasonally swampy forest, 29 May–12 Jun 2017 , R. Copeland ( NMK ) ; Republic of Cameroon . 1 ♀ , Cameroons Mt. ; Buea Slope , 4500–4600 m , V 13–17.49. B. Malkin ( UCRC ) ; Republic of the Congo ( Brazzaville ). 1 ♀ , 1 ♁, Pool Abio , Lesio–Loun , Park , 3.61º S , 15.31.26º E, 26.viii. 2008 , Braet , MT. ( UCRC ) .