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
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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
.