Still counting: new records, nomenclatural notes, and three new species of Phaeogenini (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Ichneumoninae) from the Afrotropical region Author Pos, Davide Dal A305EECF-A046-4575-935F-144641E9F87C Department of Biology, University of Central Florida, Orlando 4110 Libra Dr. Rm 442, Orlando, FL 32816, USA. Department of Biology, Utah State University, 5305 Old Main Hill, Logan, UT, 84322, USA. Zoologische Staatssammlung München, Münchhausenstrasse 21, D- 81247, Munich, Germany. Research and Exhibitions Department, South African Museum, Iziko Museums of South Africa, PO Box 61, Cape Town 8000, South Africa. Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cape Town, Private Bag, Rondebosch, 7701, South Africa. Department of Life Sciences, University of Siena, via A. Moro 2, 53100 Siena, Italy. daveliga@gmail.com;davide.dalpos@knights.ucf.edu Author Claridge, Brandon 83D357F0-E334-40EC-AEC3-98FBB15D27F2 brandonclaridge1@gmail.com;brandon.claridge@usu.edu Author Diller, Erich BE45FFF5-454A-4B16-AB54-7CD1FA8A187B diller.e@snsb.de Author Noort, Simon Van 7CCD166F-F1FA-43DA-B582-4E84EAF59AD1 svannoort@iziko.org.za Author Giovanni, Filippo Di C1DC90BF-047B-46BE-AA74-3842FDEEB576 aphelocheirus@gmail.com;filippo.digiovanni@unisi.it text European Journal of Taxonomy 2023 2023-04-28 868 1 71 journal article 53562 10.5852/ejt.2023.868.2105 a0e1e77f-c13e-497c-aaef-8b762c4a63eb 2118-9773 7891587 A09D1E2F-E2A8-44C6-B838-6BB1DCB3F657 Genus Arearia Seyrig, 1952 Arearia Seyrig, 1952: 17 . Type species: Arearia paradoxa Seyrig, 1952 , by original designation. Diagnosis One of the key features that separates Arearia from all the other Afrotropical Phaeogenini is the presence of a deeply impressed sternaulus, extending beyond the mid-length of the mesopleuron. Moreover, the genus can be further distinguished by the combination of the following characters: (1) gastrocoeli and thyridia absent; (2) mandible bidentate; (3) malar space with subocular sulcus present and distinct; (4) areolet open (3 rs-m absent). Remarks Seyrig (1952: 17) placed Arearia within the subfamily Cryptinae (tribe Stilpnini ) due to the very long, deeply impressed sternaulus. Later on, it was transferred to Ichneumoninae by Townes (1971: 233) , after examination of the type . So far, the genus occurs only in the Afrotropical region with two species already described: Arearia oxymoron Rousse & van Noort, 2013 , in South Africa , and Arearia paradoxa Seyrig, 1952 , in Madagascar ( Rousse et al. 2013 ; Yu et al. 2016 ).