A revision of the parasitic wasp genus Bathyaulax Szépligeti (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Braconinae) from Africa and the Arabian Peninsula Author Kaartinen, Riikka Author Quicke, Donald L. J. text Journal of Natural History 2007 2007-02-16 41 1 - 4 125 212 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222930601121221 journal article 10.1080/00222930601121221 1464-5262 4581880 Bathyaulax martinii ( Gribodo 1879 ) ( Figures 80–83 ) Bracon martinii Gribodo 1879 Iphiaulax martinii : Schulz 1911 Goniobracon martinii : Szépligeti 1906 Bathyaulax atriceps ( Kriechbaumer 1894 ) syn. nov. Archibracon atriceps ( Kriechbaumer 1894 ) Iphiaulax atriceps Kriechbaumer 1894 Iphiaulax robustus Cameron 1906 Goniobracon robustus : Szépligeti 1906 Bathyaulax gutta ( Enderlein (1918) 1920) syn. nov. Goniobracon gutta Enderlein 1918 ) 1920 Bathyaulax pectinatus ( Enderlein (1918) 1920) syn. nov. Goniobracon pectinatus Enderlein (1918) 1920 Iphiaulax pectinatus : Brues 1926 Figures 79–83. Automontage ș images of Bathyaulax species. (79) B. marjae metasomal tergite 4. (80)–(83) B. martinii , head (lateral view) wings to show colour pattern variation, and metasomal tergites 2–3. Material examined Holotypes : Male ( NCIP ): Iphiaulax atriceps Kriechbaumer 1894 . Congo , Mussnco [?], 12.7.1892 , Brauns . Female (ZPAN): Bathyaulax pectinatus Enderlein 1919 . South Africa , Zoutpansberg, Transvaal [no date]. Female and lectotype male ( ZPAN ): Bathyaulax gutta Enderlein 1919 . South Africa , Natal [no dates] . Additional specimens examined Algeria : 1 male , Oranie [no date] ( UZMC ) ; D. R. Congo : 1 female , 1 male , Tanganika , Mpala , VII–VIII-1953, H. Bomans ( BMNH ) ; 1 female , Mayidi , 1942, P. van Eyen ( RMCA ) ; 2 females , Gandajika , IV 1959 J. Decelle ( RMCA ) ; 1 female , Lulua Sandoa, VII 1931 , G.F. Overlaet ( RMCA ) ; 1 female , Lulua Sandoa, V 1932 , G.F. Overlaet ( RMCA ) ; 1 female , Lulua Kapanga, X 1933 , G.F. Overlaet ( RMCA ) ; 2 females , Bunia , 15.7.1934 , J.V. Leroy ( RMCA ) ; 2 females , Ituri , Nioka , VII 1934 , J.V. Leroy ( RMCA ) ; 2 females , Kibombo , X 1930 , H.J. Brédo ( RMCA ) ; 2 females , 1 male , Mahagi-Niarembe IX–XI 1935, C. Scops ( RMCA ) ; 3 females , Nyangwe , IV–V 1918, R. Mayne ( RMCA ) ; 1 male , Tanganika , Kigoma , IX 1918 , R. Mayne ( RMCA ) ; 2 females , Tanganika , Mpala , VII–VIII 1953, H. Bomans ( RMCA ) ; 1 female , Mfungwe- Kajumbe , VI 1907 , Sheffield ( RMCA ) ; 1 female , Kayambo-Dikulwe , VI 1907 , Sheffield ( RMCA ) ; 1 female , 1 male , Plaine Semliki IV–X 1937, Hackers ( RMCA ) ; 1 female , W. Ruwenzori , III 1937 , Hackers ( RMCA ) ; 1 female , Entre Irumu et Mombasa , X 1931 , L. Lebrun ( RMCA ) ; 1 female , N. Kivu , Kissenyi , II 1928 , Seydel ( RMCA ) ; 1 female , Haut- Luapula , Kansenia , 17.12.1919 , Montpellier ( RMCA ) ; 1 female , Sankuru , Gandajika , 1952, Francquen ( RMCA ) ; 1 male , N. Kivu , Ibanda , 1935, Vandelannoite ( RMCA ) ; 1 male , N. Kivu , Ulvira , 1962, R. Kiss ( RMCA ) ; 1 male , Tanganyika-Moero , Nyunzu , I–II 1934, De Saeger ( RMCA ) . Eritrea : 1 female , Cheren [no date] ( HECO ) . Ethiopia : 1 female , Harrar , 1911, R.E. Turner ( BMNH ) ; 1 female , Higo Samula , 30.10.1911 , Stordy ( BMNH ) . Kenya : 1 male , Mombasa , Kilindini , 8.10.1905 , C.A. Wiggins ( HECO ); 1 female , Mombasa , 12– 13.2.1912 , S.A. Neave ( BMNH ); 1 female , Lake Jipe , 1959, van Someren ( BMNH ); 1 female , 1? S. Mombasa , 27.8.1976 , D. Quicke ( BMNH ); 1 male , Voi River Valley , Pipeline Roads , VIII-1977 , D. Quicke ( BMNH ) . Malaaei : 1 female , Nsanje , 10.9.1985 , H. Hensen ( RNHL ) ; 1 female , Fort Johnston , 1911, P. Rendal ( BMNH ) ; 1 female , Nkhorongo mzuzu, Mzimba District , 24.3.2002 , R.J. Murphy ( BMNH ) ; 1 female , Mughese Forest Reserve , Chitipa Distr. , 13.– 18.5.2004 , R.J. Murphy ( BMNH ) ; 1 male , Ruo River , Mt Mulanje , 4– 7.5.2002 , R.J. Murphy ( BMNH ) ; 2 females , Ruo River Valley , Mt Mulanje , 24.9– 7.10.2004 , R.J. Murphy ( BMNH ) . Mozambique : 1 female , Del. B [ Delagoa Bay ], [no date] ( BMNH ) . Raeanda : 1 female , Rubona , 5.4.1963 , G. Pierrard ( RMCA ) ; 1 male , Nduga , terr. Nyanza , II 1953 , P. Basilewsky ( RMCA ) . South Africa : 1 male , Durban , 1902, F. Muir ( HECO ) ; 1 female , Lake Ngami , 1862, Castelnean ( HECO ) ; 2 females , Natal , near Durban , Umbilo , 6– 7.10.1904 , G.F. Leigh ( HECO ) ; 1 female , Natal , near Durban , Sydenham , 21.8.1905 , G.B. Longstaff ( HECO ) ; 1 female , Natal , Durban , 16.12.1904 , G.F. Leigh ( HECO ) ; 1 female , Natal , Durban , 10.2.1905 , G.F. Leigh ( HECO ) ; 10 females , Natal , no date, ( HECO ) ; 1 female , Pt Natal , no date ( BMNH ) ; 1 female , Umhlanga , Ntl , 19.10.1941 , L.S. Whicher (DH) ; 1 male , Caffraria , no date ( UZMC ) ; 1 female , Grahamstown , 6.3.1954 ( RMCA ) ; 1 female , Cape G.H. [?], [no date] ( BMNH ) . Sudan : 2 females , Didinga Distr. , Nagichot , XII-1925 – I-1926 , Carpenter ( BMNH ) . Tanzania : 5 males , Mbeya , XII. 1962 ( CNCI ) ; 1 female , Mt Meru , 1500m , VI.1962 ( CNCI ) ; 1 male , Mkomazi Game Reserve , Peak of Maji Kununua , 7.12.1995 , S. van Noort ( RNHL ) ; 1 male , Kunduchi , VII-1973 ( RNHL ) ; 1 male , no location or date ( MNH ) ; 1 female , Zanzibar , Pemba Is. , 15.– 23.9.1924 , H.J. Snell ( BMNH ) ; 1 female , Njombe , Tanganyika , 1.7.1952 , W. Peter ( BMNH ) ; 1 female , N.W. Tanganika , 1910, Grauer ( NMW ) ; 1 male , Bukoba – Usumbura , 1910, Grauer ( NMW ) ; 1, female, 1 male , Ugano , Tanganyika-Terr. , Matengo- Hochland , I-1936 , Zerny ( NMW ) ; 1 female , Ugano , Tanganyika-Terr. , Matengo- Hochland , II-1936 , Zerny ( NMW ) ; 1 female , Ugano , Tanganyika-Terr. , Matengo- Hochland , V-1936 , Zerny ( NMW ) ; 1 female , Ugano , Tanganyika-Terr. , Matengo- Hochland , III-1936 , Zerny ( NMW ) ; 1 male , Litembo , Tanganyika-Terr. , Matengo- Hochland , XII-1935 , Zerny ( NMW ) ; 1 female , East Usambara Mts. , Amani , 1.9.1981 , M. Stoltze & N. Scharff ( UZMC ) ; 1, female, 1 male , West Usambara , no date ( NMW ) . Zambia : 1 male , 1 female , L. Bangweolo , Chishi Island , 24.6.1908 , S.A. Neave ( HECO ) [Note: these two specimens were mistaken for syntypes of a MS name by Grosvenor by Quicke (1980) now recognised as a nomen nudum , see Achterberg and O’Toole (1993) ]; 1 female , N. Loangwa , Mt. Uluugu , 12.6.1905 , S.A. Neave ( HECO ) ; 1 female , Up. Kalungwisi Valley , 10.9.1908 , S.A. Neave ( HECO ) ; 1 female , Katanga , 5.7.1907 , Neave ( BMNH ) . Zimbabaee : 2 females , 5, males, Melsetter, Gazaland, IX-X-1905, G. Marshall ( HECO ) ; 1 female , Zambezi Valley , 20.5.– 29.7.1988 , J. Weyrich ( BMNH ) . Unknoaen country : 1 female , 1921, J. Rothney ( HECO ) . Description Female: Length of body 22 mm , of fore wing 19 mm , of ovipositor 13 mm . Antennae with 123 flagellomeres, terminal flagellomere 3.0 times longer than wide. Height of clypeus:inter-tentorial distance:tentorio-ocular distance51.0:4.1:2.6. Width of face:width of head:height of eye51.1:2.1:1.0. Height of face:width of face51.0:1.9. Face punctulate, clypeus rugulose to rugose. Frons depressed, smooth, with medial longitudal groove. POL:transverse diameter of posterior ocellus:shortest distance between posterior ocellus and eye51.0:1.3:3.6. Length of eye in dorsal view:distance of occiput and posterior margin of eye52.1:1.0. Mesosoma approximately 1.4 times longer than maximally deep. Fore wing: length of veins r:3-SR:SR151.0:2.7:3.0. Length of veins 2-SR:3-SR:rm51.0:2.3:1.2. Length of veins m-cu:2-M51.0:2.9. Length of veins 1-CU1:2- CU151.0:4.6. Shape of vein 1-SR+M straight, but angled close vein 1-M. Swelling in vein 3-CU1 1.5 times thicker than the other part of the vein. Legs: Length of fore femur:tibia:tarsus53.0:2.7:1.0. Fore basitarsus 3.3 times longer than deep. Length of hind femur:tibia:tarsus53.2:4.3:1.0. Hind basitarsus 3.3 times longer than deep. First metasomal tergite 1.4 times longer than wide; raised median area with medial longitudinal groove and posterior area strongly striated. Second tergite 2.0 times wider than long; median area striated, without raised area. Third tergite 2.3 times wider than long; with strigated transverse furrows on anterior and subposterior margins, raised median area longitudinally striated. Antero-lateral areas raised and smooth. Tergite four similar but without conspicuous antero-lateral areas, and sculpture striated to reticulate. Tergite five smooth with strigated transverse furrow on anterior and posterior margins, tergites six to eight smooth. Orange-brown or yellow except for the following which are black: head excluding labrum, apex of mandibles, antennae, middle telotarsi (not always entirely black), apical 5/ 6 of hind tibia, hind tarsi, ovipositor sheaths. Wings evenly darkened apically from veins 1- M and cu-a, with two hyaline zones in fore wing below pterostigma and around vein r-m. Apical third of pterostigma darkened. Hind wing darkened postero-apically. The size and darkness of hyaline areas varies in both wings, but the pattern is similar.