Revision of the Afrotropical genus Protoleptops Heinrich, 1967 (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Ichneumoninae), with description of a new species from Burundi Author Dal Pos, Davide 0000-0002-9122-934X Department of Biology, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL 32816, USA Author De Ketelaere, Augustijn https://orcid.org/0009-0007-0260-5483 Beernem, Belgium Author Di Giovanni, Filippo 0000-0002-9811-5599 Department of Life Sciences, University of Siena, Siena, Italy text ZooKeys 2024 2024-10-07 1214 197 216 journal article 10.3897/zookeys.1214.131071 18C44EAA-F2CF-4E87-A87A-394AA7E5BBFC Protoleptops heinrichi Heinrich, 1967 Figs 4 A – E , 6 A – C Protoleptops heinrichi Heinrich, 1967: 72–73 (original description, key, figures); Townes and Townes 1973: 226 (catalogue); Yu and Horstmann 1997: 530 (catalogue); Yu et al. 2016 (catalogue). Differential diagnosis. Protoleptops heinrichi can be easily distinguished from all the other known species of the genus by the following combination of characters: (1) almost complete carination of the propodeum (incomplete in all the other species); (2) absence of a scopa (present in all the other species); and (3) T 2 – T 5 anteriorly constricted (not constricted in all the other species). Protoleptops heinrichi Heinrich, 1967 , female, holotype A habitus, lateral view; female, paratype B face, frontal view C hind coxa, ventral view D head, mesoscutum, mesoscutellum, and propodeum, dorsal view E metasomal tergites, dorsal view. Images of the habitus downloaded from the public MNHN database (available at https://science.mnhn.fr/institution/mnhn/collection/ey/item/ey10172 ). Scale bar: 1 cm. Original type series. Holotype (by original designation). Madagascar • ♀ ; Antsiranana , Ivondro , Feb. 1940 ; ( MNHN ) . Paratypes . Madagascar • 1 ♂ ; Antsiranana , Ivondro , Dec. 1938 ; MNHN • 1 ♀ ; Antsiranana , Rogez , 1935; ( ZSM ) . Material examined. Holotype . Madagascar • ♀ ; “ [ White label] MADAGASCAR // [ White label] Ivondro // [ Blue label] MUSÉUM PARIS / II. 40 / A. SEYRIG // [ White label] Apatetor / heinrichi / TYPE // [ White label] Protoleptops / ♀ heinrichi / Heinr. / det Heinr. // [ Red label] Holotype // [ Whitel label] Muséum Paris / EY 10172 ”; ( MNHN ) . Paratypes . Madagascar • ♂ ; “ [White label] MADAGASCAR // [White label] Ivondro [Written over Rogez, Foret Cote Est] // [Blue label] MUSÉUM PARIS / XII. 38 / A. SEYRIG // [White label] Protoleptops / heinrichi ♂ / Heinr. / det Heinr. // [Red label] Allotypus // [ Whitel label] Muséum Paris / EY 10173 ”; ( MNHN ) • ♀ ; “ [White label] MADAGASCAR / Rogez / Foret Core Est // [Blue label] MUSÉUM PARIS / 1935 / A. SEYRIG // [White label] heinrichi / Heinr. / det. G. Heinr. // [White label] Protoleptops / heinrichi / ♀ Heinr. / det Heinr. // [Yellow label] Paratypus ”; ( ZSM ) . Male. Described in the original description by Heinrich (1967) as “ Allotype ”. Distribution. Madagascar : Antsiranana ( Heinrich 1967 ) (Fig. 8 ). Remarks. The specific epithet given by Heinrich might appear to be self-glorification, as it is named after himself. However, it is actually a dedication to his friend, A. Seyrig, who was the first to recognize it as a new species and labeled it as “ Apatetor heinrichi ”, but never officially described it. When Heinrich discovered the species at the MNHN , he chose to retain the name in honor of his friend’s intentions, stating: “ I felt bound to carry out the will of my late friend, rather than to shrink from the possibility of being blamed for self-glorification in using this species name ” ( Heinrich 1967: 72 ).