Discovery of a new Afrotropical genus of flat wasps Ifrika gen. n. (Hymenoptera: Bethylidae) Author Dondoni Colombo, Wesley Author Azevedo, Celso Oliveira text Journal of Natural History 2023 2023-11-06 57 29 - 32 1472 1494 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2023.2258605 journal article 10.1080/00222933.2023.2258605 1464-5262 10594454 Key to males of Ifrika gen. n. 1. Ventral margin of aedeagal dorsal valve not emarginated apically, in lateral view ( Figure 6H ) ............................................................................................. Ifrika pauculihirta (Benoit) - Ventral margin of aedeagal dorsal valve emarginated apically, in lateral view ( Figures 4H , 5H , 7H ) ............................................................................................................................ 2 2. Aedeagal median projection very thin, in lateral view ( Figure 4H ), mediodorsal fold filiform ( Figure 4D ) and basal cover plate lanceolate with all margins straight ( Figure 4D ) ....................................................................................................... Ifrika mnyama sp. n . - Aedeagal median projection thick, in lateral view ( Figures 5H , 7H ), mediodorsal fold never filiform ( Figures 5D , 7D ) and basal cover plate heart-shaped with all margins incurved ( Figures 5D , 7D ) ................................................................................................................. 3 3. Hypopygeal spiculum not surpassing inner membrane apically ( Figure 5C ); apex of aedeagal dorsal valve weakly incurved, in lateral view ( Figure 5H ) and aedeagal apodeme weakly dorsally curved ( Figure 5H ) .......................................... Ifrika nyigu sp. n . - Hypopygeal spiculum surpassing inner membrane apically ( Figure 7C ); apex of aedeagal dorsal valve strongly incurved, in lateral view ( Figure 7H ) and aedeagal apodeme strongly dorsally curved ( Figure 7H ) .................................. Ifrika wadudu sp. n .