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<taxonomicName LSID="89669B5F-6792-54AF-830F-660F2CE3E525" authority="Seyrig, 1937" authorityName="Seyrig" authorityYear="1937" class="Insecta" family="Ichneumonidae" genus="Epirhyssa" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Epirhyssa overlaeti" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="33" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="overlaeti">Epirhyssa overlaeti Seyrig, 1937</taxonomicName>
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 32–38" captionStartId="F9" captionText="Figures 32 - 38. Epirhyssa overlaeti male (http: // mus. utu. fi / ZMUT. 1280) and female (34: http: // mus. utu. fi / ZMUT. 2291, 37: http: // mus. utu. fi / ZMUT. 5766), a species found in Uganda. 32 Habitus 33 face and clypeus 34 frons 35 hypostomal flange 36 mesopleuron dorsal margin 37 apical horn of metasoma 38 tergites 1 - 7. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (33 - 38), 1 mm (32)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.878.37845.figures32-38" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/345025" pageId="0" pageNumber="33" tableDoi="10.3897/zookeys.878.37845.figures32-38">Figs 32-38</figureCitation>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="33">Material examined.</paragraph>
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="33">Non-type material</emphasis>
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: UGANDA:
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• 1 ♀; Kibale National Park, Kanyawara, Site CC, Malaise trap CCT1;
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<geoCoordinate degrees="0.5497" direction="north" orientation="latitude" precision="5" value="0.5497">0.5497N</geoCoordinate>
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,
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<geoCoordinate degrees="30.3673" direction="east" orientation="longitude" precision="5" value="30.3673">30.3673E</geoCoordinate>
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(WGS84); alt. 1450 m (GPS, WGS84); 10 Mar. 2015-24 Mar. 2015; Tapani Hopkins leg.; ZMUThttp://mus.utu.fi/ZMUT.1249
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="33">
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• 1 ♀; same data as preceding; Site K31, Malaise trap K31T4;
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<geoCoordinate degrees="0.5362" direction="north" orientation="latitude" precision="5" value="0.5362">0.5362N</geoCoordinate>
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,
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<geoCoordinate degrees="30.3486" direction="east" orientation="longitude" precision="5" value="30.3486">30.3486E</geoCoordinate>
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(WGS84); alt. 1460 m (GPS, WGS84); 16 Jul. 2015-30 Jul. 2015; ZMUThttp://mus.utu.fi/ZMUT.2291
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• 1 ♀; same data as preceding; Site CC, Malaise trap CCT1;
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<geoCoordinate degrees="0.5497" direction="north" orientation="latitude" precision="5" value="0.5497">0.5497N</geoCoordinate>
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,
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<geoCoordinate degrees="30.3673" direction="east" orientation="longitude" precision="5" value="30.3673">30.3673E</geoCoordinate>
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(WGS84); alt. 1450 m (GPS, WGS84); 18 Nov. 2014-2 Dec. 2014; ZMUThttp://mus.utu.fi/ZMUT.5591
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• 1 ♀; same data as preceding; Site R93, Malaise trap R93T2;
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<geoCoordinate degrees="0.5654" direction="north" orientation="latitude" precision="5" value="0.5654">0.5654N</geoCoordinate>
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,
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<geoCoordinate degrees="30.3593" direction="east" orientation="longitude" precision="5" value="30.3593">30.3593E</geoCoordinate>
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(WGS84); alt. 1510 m (GPS, WGS84); 20 May 2015-1 Jun. 2015; ZMUThttp://mus.utu.fi/ZMUT.5766
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• 1 ♀; same data as preceding; Site HILL, Malaise trap HILLT1;
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<geoCoordinate degrees="0.5486" direction="north" orientation="latitude" precision="5" value="0.5486">0.5486N</geoCoordinate>
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,
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<geoCoordinate degrees="30.3614" direction="east" orientation="longitude" precision="5" value="30.3614">30.3614E</geoCoordinate>
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(WGS84); alt. 1520 m (GPS, WGS84); 30 Jul. 2015-13 Aug. 2015; ZMUThttp://mus.utu.fi/ZMUT.6013
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• 1 ♂; Kibale National Park, Kanyawara, Site K31, Malaise trap K31T2;
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<geoCoordinate degrees="0.5427" direction="north" orientation="latitude" precision="5" value="0.5427">0.5427N</geoCoordinate>
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<geoCoordinate degrees="30.3482" direction="east" orientation="longitude" precision="5" value="30.3482">30.3482E</geoCoordinate>
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(WGS84); alt. 1460 m (GPS, WGS84); 9 Apr. 2015-23 Apr. 2015; Tapani Hopkins leg.; ZMUThttp://mus.utu.fi/ZMUT.1280
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• 1 ♂; same data as preceding; Site CC, Malaise trap CCT1;
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<geoCoordinate degrees="0.5497" direction="north" orientation="latitude" precision="5" value="0.5497">0.5497N</geoCoordinate>
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<geoCoordinate degrees="30.3673" direction="east" orientation="longitude" precision="5" value="30.3673">30.3673E</geoCoordinate>
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(WGS84); alt. 1450 m (GPS, WGS84); 24 Feb. 2015-10 Mar. 2015; ZMUThttp://mus.utu.fi/ZMUT.5738
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• 1 ♂; same data as preceding; Site K31, Malaise trap K31T3;
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<geoCoordinate degrees="0.5360" direction="north" orientation="latitude" precision="5" value="0.536">0.5360N</geoCoordinate>
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<geoCoordinate degrees="30.3469" direction="east" orientation="longitude" precision="5" value="30.3469">30.3469E</geoCoordinate>
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(WGS84); alt. 1450 m (GPS, WGS84); 26 Aug. 2015-12 Sep. 2015; ZMUThttp://mus.utu.fi/ZMUT.5792.
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="33">Non-type material</emphasis>
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(only diagnostic characters checked): UGANDA:
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="33">• 56 ♀; Kibale National Park, Kanyawara; Tapani Hopkins leg.; ZMUThttp://mus.utu.fi/ZMUT.1261, http://mus.utu.fi/ZMUT.1262, http://mus.utu.fi/ZMUT.1270, http://mus.utu.fi/ZMUT.1336, http://mus.utu.fi/ZMUT.1337, http://mus.utu.fi/ZMUT.1338, http://mus.utu.fi/ZMUT.1345, http://mus.utu.fi/ZMUT.1364, http://mus.utu.fi/ZMUT.1721, http://mus.utu.fi/ZMUT.1761, http://mus.utu.fi/ZMUT.1762, http://mus.utu.fi/ZMUT.1820, http://mus.utu.fi/ZMUT.2056, http://mus.utu.fi/ZMUT.2058, http://mus.utu.fi/ZMUT.2161, http://mus.utu.fi/ZMUT.2706, http://mus.utu.fi/ZMUT.2724, http://mus.utu.fi/ZMUT.2856, http://mus.utu.fi/ZMUT.2985, http://mus.utu.fi/ZMUT.3080, http://mus.utu.fi/ZMUT.3092, http://mus.utu.fi/ZMUT.3541, http://mus.utu.fi/ZMUT.3737, http://mus.utu.fi/ZMUT.5595, http://mus.utu.fi/ZMUT.5600, http://mus.utu.fi/ZMUT.5626, http://mus.utu.fi/ZMUT.5630, http://mus.utu.fi/ZMUT.5640, http://mus.utu.fi/ZMUT.5645, http://mus.utu.fi/ZMUT.5658, http://mus.utu.fi/ZMUT.5672, http://mus.utu.fi/ZMUT.5674, http://mus.utu.fi/ZMUT.5675, http://mus.utu.fi/ZMUT.5697, http://mus.utu.fi/ZMUT.5704, http://mus.utu.fi/ZMUT.5720, http://mus.utu.fi/ZMUT.5727, http://mus.utu.fi/ZMUT.5728, http://mus.utu.fi/ZMUT.5729, http://mus.utu.fi/ZMUT.5741, http://mus.utu.fi/ZMUT.5742, http://mus.utu.fi/ZMUT.5749, http://mus.utu.fi/ZMUT.5752, http://mus.utu.fi/ZMUT.5773, http://mus.utu.fi/ZMUT.5781, http://mus.utu.fi/ZMUT.5783, http://mus.utu.fi/ZMUT.5784, http://mus.utu.fi/ZMUT.5789, http://mus.utu.fi/ZMUT.5791, http://mus.utu.fi/ZMUT.5793, http://mus.utu.fi/ZMUT.5798, http://mus.utu.fi/ZMUT.5814, http://mus.utu.fi/ZMUT.5815, http://mus.utu.fi/ZMUT.5818, http://mus.utu.fi/ZMUT.5822, http://mus.utu.fi/ZMUT.5839</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="33">• 14 ♂; Kibale National Park, Kanyawara; Tapani Hopkins leg.; ZMUThttp://mus.utu.fi/ZMUT.2906, http://mus.utu.fi/ZMUT.3086, http://mus.utu.fi/ZMUT.3089, http://mus.utu.fi/ZMUT.3642, http://mus.utu.fi/ZMUT.5622, http://mus.utu.fi/ZMUT.5652, http://mus.utu.fi/ZMUT.5758, http://mus.utu.fi/ZMUT.5767, http://mus.utu.fi/ZMUT.5771, http://mus.utu.fi/ZMUT.5785, http://mus.utu.fi/ZMUT.5790, http://mus.utu.fi/ZMUT.5832, http://mus.utu.fi/ZMUT.5838, http://mus.utu.fi/ZMUT.5877</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="33">• 1 unknown sex; Kibale National Park, Kanyawara; Tapani Hopkins leg.; ZMUThttp://mus.utu.fi/ZMUT.6045.</paragraph>
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="33">Known material</emphasis>
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: 81 specimens (79 Ugandan, 2 other):
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61 ♀, 17 ♂, 1 U; Ugandan specimens, data above and also in supplementary material (
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<bibRefCitation DOI="https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.2554877" author="Hopkins, T" journalOrPublisher="African Entomology" pageId="0" pageNumber="33" refId="B8" refString="Hopkins, T, Roininen, H, van Noort, S, Broad, GR, Kaunisto, K, Saeaeksjaervi, IE, 2019c. . https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.2554877" url="https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.2554877" year="2019 c">Hopkins et al. 2019c</bibRefCitation>
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).
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1 ♀, holotype; see
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<bibRefCitation DOI="https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2014.91" author="Rousse, P" journalOrPublisher="European Journal of Taxonomy" pageId="0" pageNumber="33" pagination="1 - 42" refId="B15" refString="Rousse, P, van Noort, S, 2014. A review of the Afrotropical Rhyssinae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) with the descriptions of five new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 91: 1 - 42" title="A review of the Afrotropical Rhyssinae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) with the descriptions of five new species." url="https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2014.91" volume="91" year="2014">Rousse and van Noort (2014)</bibRefCitation>
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; Democratic Republic of Congo, Lulua [
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<geoCoordinate degrees="10" direction="south" minutes="37" orientation="latitude" precision="925" value="-10.616667">10°37'S</geoCoordinate>
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<geoCoordinate degrees="24" direction="east" minutes="54" orientation="longitude" precision="925" value="24.9">24°54'E</geoCoordinate>
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], Kapanga; Apr. 1933; "F.G. Overlaet"; "R. Dét"; MRAC "F 3330".
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1 ♀; see
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; Cameroon, Nkoemvon; Jul. 1980-Aug. 1980; "Ms. D. Jackson"; NHMUK.
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<caption doi="10.3897/zookeys.878.37845.figures32-38" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/345025" pageId="0" pageNumber="33" start="Figures 32–38" startId="F9">
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="33">Figures 32-38.</emphasis>
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="33">Epirhyssa overlaeti</emphasis>
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male (http://mus.utu.fi/ZMUT.1280) and female (
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="33">34</emphasis>
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: http://mus.utu.fi/ZMUT.2291,
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="33">37</emphasis>
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: http://mus.utu.fi/ZMUT.5766), a species found in Uganda.
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="33">32</emphasis>
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Habitus
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="33">33</emphasis>
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face and clypeus
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="33">34</emphasis>
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frons
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hypostomal flange
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="33">36</emphasis>
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mesopleuron dorsal margin
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="33">37</emphasis>
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apical horn of metasoma
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="33">38</emphasis>
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tergites 1-7. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="33">33-38</emphasis>
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), 1 mm (
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).
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="33">Diagnosis.</paragraph>
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This species can be distinguished from other Afrotropical
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by the combination of converging median carinae on the frons, lateral carinae on the frons, and the absence of a lateral flange on the subalar prominence. In practice its unique colour pattern and large size make it instantly recognisable.
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="33">Head</emphasis>
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: frons with strong median carinae converging before continuing towards median ocellus, with lateral carinae curving towards lateral ocelli; hypostomal carina raised into an elevated flange, its height slightly greater than the maximum width of the second maxillary palp segment.
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="33">Mesosoma</emphasis>
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: subalar prominence without a lateral flange; mesopleuron with a raised flange along the dorsal margin; epicnemial carina reaches the approximate height of the mesopleural pit.
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="33">Metasoma</emphasis>
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: tip of apical horn almost circular in posterior view; tergite 3 mostly smooth.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="33">Description (male).</paragraph>
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Body length 16.4
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25.1 mm. Males seem slightly smaller than females on average.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="33">
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="33">Head</emphasis>
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: Frons with strong median carinae converging before continuing towards median ocellus, with lateral carinae curving towards lateral ocelli, often with faint traces of lateral rugae. Occipital carina interrupted dorsally. Hypostomal carina raised into an elevated flange, its height slightly greater than maximum width of second maxillary palp segment. Face punctate. Clypeus punctate, without a clear median apical tubercle. Antenna with 38-40 flagellar segments.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="33">
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="33">Mesosoma</emphasis>
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: Subalar prominence without a lateral flange. Mesopleuron with a raised flange along dorsal margin. Epicnemial carina reaches approximate height of mesopleural pit. Fore wing with 2m-cu distal to rs-m.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="33">
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="33">Metasoma</emphasis>
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: Tergites 1-5 mostly smooth, 6-7 smooth or sparsely pubescent, tergite 1 1.8-2.2 times as long as apically wide.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="33">
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="33">Colour</emphasis>
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: General colour mottled dark testaceous, testaceous and pale yellow, pale yellow patches of tergites 1 and 2 are fused (cf. female). Antennae black. Wings hyaline, infuscate near apex.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="33">
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="33">Additional or updated characters.</emphasis>
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Apart from the diagnosis and description of the male, we provide the following additional or updated character traits to the description in
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<bibRefCitation DOI="https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2014.91" author="Rousse, P" journalOrPublisher="European Journal of Taxonomy" pageId="0" pageNumber="33" pagination="1 - 42" refId="B15" refString="Rousse, P, van Noort, S, 2014. A review of the Afrotropical Rhyssinae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) with the descriptions of five new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 91: 1 - 42" title="A review of the Afrotropical Rhyssinae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) with the descriptions of five new species." url="https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2014.91" volume="91" year="2014">Rousse and van Noort (2014)</bibRefCitation>
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.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="33">
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="33">Female.</emphasis>
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Body length 14.7
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<normalizedToken originalValue="mm–">mm-</normalizedToken>
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37.8 mm. Frons often with faint traces of lateral rugae. Face punctate, transversely rugulose-punctate or transversely striate. Antenna with 38-43 flagellar segments (38-41 in Ugandan specimens). Tergites 1-5 mostly smooth, 6-7 often pubescent, anterior margins of tergites 3-6 (sometimes only 4-5) sightly striate or punctate, tergite 1 1.4-1.8 times as long as apically wide. The colour patches vary in extent, with the pale yellow patches of tergite 1 fused in small individuals.
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="33" type="distribution">
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="33">Distribution.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="33">Democratic Republic of Congo, Cameroon. New record: Uganda.</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="33" type="biology_ecology">
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="33">Biology.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="33">
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In Uganda, this species was mostly caught in primary forest near decaying wood (
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<bibRefCitation DOI="https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.190913" author="Hopkins, T" journalOrPublisher="African Entomology" pageId="0" pageNumber="33" refId="B7" refString="Hopkins, T, Roininen, H, Saeaeksjaervi, IE, 2019b. . https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.190913" url="https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.190913" year="2019 b">Hopkins et al. 2019b</bibRefCitation>
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). It has not been caught outside the forest.
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="33" type="remarks">
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="33">Remarks.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="33">
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Ichneumonidae" genus="Epirhyssa" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Epirhyssa overlaeti" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="33" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="overlaeti">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="33">Epirhyssa overlaeti</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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was earlier known from only two females. We describe the male for the first time.
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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</treatment>
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