Three New Species Of Dyscritobaeus Perkins (Hymenoptera: Platygastroidea, Scelionidae) From Mozambique Author O’Connor, J. Author Ashe, P. text Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 2011 2011-10-28 57 4 343 349 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.12612568 2064-2474 12612568 Dyscritobaeus hannibal sp. n. ( Figs 6, 7h, 8 ) Material examined: Holotype female: “ MOZAMBIQUE , Maputo , May 1989 leg. Mrs Angela ”; The right forewing and hindwing are slide mounted in Faure’s medium. Paratypes 2 females same data as the holotype. Holotype is deposited in the Insect Collection of Portici Università Federico II-Napoli, Italy; paratypes are deposited in National Museum of Ireland and G. MINEO personal collection . Diagnosis: Dyscritobaeus hannibal shares with D. orientalis the circular and posteriorly located specillum and the subequal length of the postmarginal and the stigmal veins. D. hannibal , however, differs from D. orientalis in the smaller magnitude of the angle between these two veins (30 degrees in D. hannibal and 50 degrees in D. orientalis ( Figs 7o, 7h ), the broader forewing, shorter setae on the posterior forewing margin ( Figs 6, 9 ) and the coloration of A7–A12 ( D. hannibal golden-yellow; D. orientalis black). Female body length: 1.4 mm . Colour: Mesosoma, metasoma and A7–A12 brown; head dark brown; A3–A6, coxae light brown; A1, A2 and legs excluding coxae golden-yellow; tegula light-yellow. Head: Distance between lateral ocellus and praeoccipital carina is shorter than diameter of ocellus; Surface of the frons very minutely granulose from the scrobe out. Mesosoma: MW:ML = 28:33; while the sculpture of the mesoscutum and scutellum consists of minute reticulation that is covered with a dense and short vestiture; forewings, see figs 7, 8h & 9. Posterior ¼ of mesoscutum weakly concave. Metasoma: MTW:MTL = 20:28; MTL shorter than head+mesosoma; T1 crossed by dense and fine costae which are percurrent; the surface of T2 reticulate and transversed by dense and weak costae rather convergent to the specillum; remaining tergites with a minutely reticulate sculpture. Male: Unknown. Biology: Unknown. Etymology: Dyscritobaeus hannibal is named after Hannibal, the famous Carthaginian military commander. Figs 6–9. 6 = Dyscritobaeus hannibal sp. n. f, forewing. 7 = Stigmal vein and its angle with the postmarginal vein. o = D. orientalis (Dodd) ; h = D. hannibal sp. n. 8 = D. hannibal sp. n. f, hindwing, 9 = D. orientalis (Dodd) . f, forewing * Acknowledgements – The authors are indebted to Mrs ANGELA , University of Maputo , Mozambique , for providing the Dyscritobaeus from Mozambique described in this paper and to Professor GIOVANNI MINEO for his generous assistance .