New species and new records of ichneumon wasps from Africa (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Campopleginae, Cryptinae, Ophioninae)

Vas, Zoltán (2022) New species and new records of ichneumon wasps from Africa (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Campopleginae, Cryptinae, Ophioninae). FOLIA ENTOMOLOGICA HUNGARICA, 83. pp. 25-39. ISSN 0373-9465 (print); 2786-2798 (online)

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Abstract

Afrotropical and Palaearctic species of the subfamilies Campopleginae, Cryptinae and Ophioninae of Ichneumonidae (Hymenoptera) are treated. Hyposoter ardens sp. nov. and Xanthocampoplex melanocephalus sp. nov. are described from South Africa. An identification key to the Afrotropical species of Xanthocampoplex Morley, 1913 is provided. Hyposoter obliquus (Seyrig, 1935) is reported for the first time from South Africa, Meloboris collector (Thunberg, 1822), Bathyplectes carinatus Horstmann, 1974 and B. nigridens (Horstmann, 1980) from Tunisia, the latter with the description of the hitherto unknown male. Coccygodes bifasciatus (Cameron, 1912), Gabunia coerulea Kriechbaumer, 1895 and Osprynchotus objurgator (Fabricius, 1781) are reported for the first time from Liberia, Enicospilus babaulti (Seyrig, 1935) and E. bicoloratus Cameron, 1912 from Tanzania, E. biimpressus (Brullé, 1846) from Kenya, E. brevicornis (Masi, 1939) from Tanzania, E. equatus Gauld et Mitchell, 1978 from Rwanda, E. glyphanosus Gauld et Mitchell, 1978 from the Republic of Congo, E. grandiflavus Townes, 1973 from Tanzania, E. helvolus Gauld et Mitchell, 1978 from Cameroon and Ethiopia, E. lancasteri Gauld et Mitchell, 1978 from Liberia, E. lictus Gauld et Mitchell, 1978 from Tanzania, E. marjorieae Gauld et Mitchell, 1978 from Rwanda, E. prolixus Gauld et Mitchell, 1978 from Cameroon, E. quietus (Seyrig, 1935) from Ghana, Dicamptus bantu Delobel, 1976 from Eritrea, and Euryophion titanius Vas, 2022 from Cameroon, the latter with the description of the hitherto unknown male.

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