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Pristomerus hansoni Rousse, Villemant & Seyrig 2013
No full textPristomerus hansoni Rousse, Villemant & Seyrig, 2013 Fig. 10 Diagnosis (range of variation from Rousse et al. 2013) Head whitish yellow with frons, inter-ocellar area and occiput black; remainder of body orange; face mostly smooth with some shallow punctures laterally; inner margins of eyes subparallel; clypeus transverse, quite smooth; malar line moderately long; frons, vertex and temple coriaceous; occipital carina joining hypostomal carina at mandible base; antenna with 33–39 flagellomeres, penultimate flagellomere slightly elongate; mesosoma elongate; pronotum quite smooth; mesopleuron and metapleuron moderately and shallowly punctate with ventral half of speculum smooth; mesoscutum moderately punctate-granulate; punctation on scutellum sparser, inter-punctures spaces smooth; area superomedia elongate; female femoral tooth absent; ovipositor very long, apically strongly sinuous. B 7.6–9.2; A 5.0–6.4; F 4.7–6.7; CT 1.9; ML 0.6; POL 0.6; OOL 0.9; Fl n–1 1.2; ASM 2.3; OT 2.8–3.2; FFT 0. Male with mesosoma smoother, ocelli and femoral tooth enlarged; otherwise similar to female. POL 0.3; OOL 0.2. Differential diagnosis White faced species from Madagascar, chiefly characterized by the very long ovipositor, much longer than in any other Afrotropical species of Pristomerus. Material examined Holotype MADAGASCAR: ♀, “ MADAGASCAR, Rogez, forêt côte est, XII.30, EY 0000003620” (MNHN). Distribution Madagascar.Published as part of Rousse, Pascal & Noort, Simon van, 2015, Revision of the Afrotropical species of Pristomerus (Ichneumonidae: Cremastinae), with descriptions of 31 new species, pp. 1-129 in European Journal of Taxonomy 124 on pages 46-47, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2015.124, http://zenodo.org/record/378021
Dodogaster Rousse
No full textGenus <i>Dodogaster</i> Rousse gen. nov. <p>(Fig. 11)</p> <p> <b>Diagnosis.</b> Areolet of fore wing closed and large. Propodeum with a mid-longitudinal carina extending from base to mid-length. Areola closed, costulae complete. Tergum 1 with margins sub-parallel. Tergum 2 quadrate and wider than apex of tergum 1. Hypopygium mid-ventrally desclerotised. Ovipositor sheath setose all along.</p> <p> <b>Description</b>. <i>Head</i>. Maxillary palpus slightly elongate. Mandible falcate, thin and long, abruptly narrowed from basal quarter, upper tooth twice longer than lower. Clypeus semi-circular. Tentorial pits deep. Face transverse. Inner margins of eyes parallel. Head regularly curved behind eyes in dorsal view. Flagellomeres 1–12 with placodes on two ranks. <i>Mesosoma.</i> Slightly depressed dorso-ventrally. Pronotum with ventral and dorsal furrows present. Notauli indistinct. Propodeum with areola complete with costulae strong and a mid-longitudinal carina. Fore wing with areolet closed, quadrangular (2/Rs very short), twice longer than high. Hind wing with 2r–m present but almost indistinct. Apical margin of vannal lobe regularly rounded and setose all along. <i>Metasoma</i>. Tergum 1 rectangular, elongate, basally constricted. Tergum 2 sub-rectangular, transverse, wider than apex of tergum 1, its apical margin convex. Tergum 3 very short and semi-lunar in shape. Following tergites without dorsal sclerotisation. Hypopygium large, distinctly protruding beyond metasomal apex, mid-longitudinally desclerotised. Ovipositor sheath setose all along.</p> <p> <b>Comments</b>. The appearance of the female genitalia place this genus in Mason’s (1981) “Microlepidoptera suite”, with <i>Apanteles</i> group of genera. <i>Dodogaster</i> shows some similarities with several genera (<i>e.g. Choreas</i>) but the combination of the features listed in its diagnosis clearly differentiate it from any of them. Furthermore, <i>Dodogaster</i> shows morphological similarities with the small South African genus <i>Exulonyx:</i> body dorso-ventrally depressed, maxillary palpi elongate, shape and carination of propodeum, shape of metapleuron, etc. On the other hand, <i>Exulonyx</i> does not share some critical features of <i>Dodogaster</i> like the medially desclerotised hypopygium, the presence of r <b>–</b> m on fore wing and the smoothly sculptured mesosoma. Whether or not these features should be considered as synapomorphies or homoplasies is yet unclear, making the phylogeny of most Microgastrinae still unresolved (Whitfield <i>et al.</i> 2002).</p> <p> <b>Etymology</b>. In line with <i>Kiwigaster</i> (Fernández-Triana <i>et al.</i> 2011), the name refers to the Dodo bird, an endemic and emblematic figure of the Mascarene Islands.</p> <p> <b>Distribution records</b>. Reunion.</p> <p> <b>Genotype</b>. <i>Dodogaster grangeri</i> <b>sp. nov.</b></p>Published as part of <i>Rousse, Pascal & Gupta, Ankita, 2013, Microgastrinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) of Reunion Island: a catalogue of the local species, including 18 new taxa and a key to species, pp. 501-547 in Zootaxa 3616 (6)</i> on pages 522-523, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3616.6.1, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/217943">http://zenodo.org/record/217943</a>
Pristomerus patator Rousse, Villemant & Seyrig 2013
No full textPristomerus patator Rousse, Villemant & Seyrig, 2013 Fig. 26 Diagnosis (range of variation from Rousse et al. 2013) Background colour yellowish-orange with some median dark spots on metasomal tergites; face densely punctate; inner margins of eyes subparallel; clypeus transverse, very sparsely punctate, inter-puncture spaces smooth; malar line long; remainder of head coriaceous; occipital carina joining hypostomal carina shortly above mandible base; antenna very long with more than 37–38 flagellomeres, penultimate flagellomere elongate; mesosoma moderately elongate, moderately to densely punctate, but pronotum and speculum almost entirely smooth and scutellum distinctly more sparsely punctate than mesoscutum; area superomedia weakly delimited laterally beyond anterior transverse carina; female femoral tooth small, followed by some minute denticles; ovipositor long, slightly sinuous apically. B 7.8–10.1; A 5.3– 6.9; F 5.9–7.5; CT 1.8; ML 0.7; POL 0.7; OOL 1.1; Fl n–1 1.2; ASM 2.0; OT 1.8–1.9; FFT 1. Male with inner margins of eyes diverging ventrally, and ocelli, hind femur and femoral tooth enlarged. B 8.9–9.8; A 5.8–7.1; F 6.3–6.7: POL 0.6; OOL 0.4. Differential diagnosis Large yellowish-orange species from Madagascar; differentiated from all other Pristomerus species in the region by the combination of the large size, the antenna with numerous flagellomeres, the long malar line, the largely smooth speculum, the punctation on the scutellum, which is often distinctly sparser than on the mesoscutum, the area superomedia hardly delimited postero-laterally, the small female femoral tooth and the long ovipositor. Material examined Holotype ♀ “ MADAGASCAR, Bekily [Ampandrandava], reg. sud de l’île, XII.33, EY 0000003501” (MNHN). Distribution Madagascar.Published as part of Rousse, Pascal & Noort, Simon van, 2015, Revision of the Afrotropical species of Pristomerus (Ichneumonidae: Cremastinae), with descriptions of 31 new species, pp. 1-129 in European Journal of Taxonomy 124 on page 80, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2015.124, http://zenodo.org/record/378021
Pristomerus moramora Rousse, Villemant & Seyrig 2013
No full textPristomerus moramora Rousse, Villemant & Seyrig, 2013 Fig. 23 Diagnosis (ranges from Rousse et al. 2013) Small to moderately small; background colour yellowish-orange with dark testaceous to black markings of variable extent on mesosoma and metasoma, frons darker than face, and notaulus and scutellum most often lighter than remainder of mesonotum; face moderately to densely punctate; inner margins of eyes weakly converging ventrally; clypeus transverse, shallowly and sparsely punctate; malar line very short; remainder of head sparsely punctate-granulate to coriaceous; occipital carina joining hypostomal carina distinctly above mandible base; antenna with 27–29 flagellomeres, penultimate flagellomere quadrate; mesosoma elongate, densely, deeply and evenly punctate except pronotum almost entirely smooth and speculum ventrally smooth; area superomedia relatively stout to elongate; female femoral tooth absent; ovipositor long, weakly sinuous apically. B 3.5–4.3; A 2.4–3.2; F 2.8–3.5; CT 2.0; ML 0.3; POL 1.0; OOL 1.2; Fl n–1 1.0; ASM 1.7–2.5; OT 1.7–1.8; FFT 0. Male with ocelli hardly enlarged, hind femur and femoral tooth stouter, otherwise similar to female. B 3.4–4.5; A 2.2–3.2; F 2.5–3.5; POL 1.0; OOL 1.0. Differential diagnosis Small species from Madagascar; differentiated from most other Afrotropical species by the absence of the femoral tooth in females, the very short malar line, the strongly transverse clypeus and the long ovipositor. It is closely related to P. kelikely and P. venda sp. nov., from which it may differentiated by the colour and antenna length characters given in the key (see comments on P. kelikely). Material examined Holotype MADAGASCAR: ♀, “ MADAGASCAR, Bekily [Ampandrandava], reg. sud de l’île, IX 1938, EY 0000002495” (MNHN). Distribution Madagascar.Published as part of Rousse, Pascal & Noort, Simon van, 2015, Revision of the Afrotropical species of Pristomerus (Ichneumonidae: Cremastinae), with descriptions of 31 new species, pp. 1-129 in European Journal of Taxonomy 124 on page 74, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2015.124, http://zenodo.org/record/378021
Xanthocampoplex huberti Rousse et Villemant, sp. nov.
No full text<i>Xanthocampoplex huberti</i> Rousse et Villemant, sp. nov. <p>(Fig. 10)</p> <p> <b>Diagnosis</b>. Yellow orange medium sized species, with black flagellum and ocellar triangle and sometimes a darker median stripe on mesoscutum. It is readily recognizable by its small areolet, the strongly rugose propodeum and the strong ventral flange on mandible.</p> <p> <b>Description.</b> FEMALE (3 specimens). Fore wing length 5.6–6.2 mm.</p> <p> <i>Head</i>. Temples moderately long, almost smooth; head strongly constricted behind eyes; occipital carina complete; ocellar triangle equilateral; OOi = 0.5, IOi = 1; frons and vertex finely granulate; face and clypeus rugose, the rugosity somewhat organized in semi-circular striations on lower face; clypeus distinctly convex in profile view, its apical margin impressed, Ci = 1.7; clypeal fovea wide, oval, its greatest diameter as long as malar space; MLMi = 0.4; mandibles stout with a strong ventral flange narrowing gradually toward apex, upper tooth barely longer than lower; antenna with 35–37 flagellomeres; FLi1 = FLi2 = 2.5.</p> <p> <i>Mesosoma</i>. Pronotum rather smooth centrally, epomia strong medially; mesopleuron mat, deeply and densely rugose punctate, with an oblique concave and striate impression below speculum, speculum almost smooth, barely shining; metapleuron rugose with punctuation posteriorly merging into vertical wrinkles; mesoscutum coarsely shagreened punctate, with short inter-punctures finely granulate; notaulus indistinct; scuto-scutellar groove deep with high lateral flanges; scutellum convex, rugose reticulate, with lateral carinae at extreme base; propodeum coarsely rugose, the roughness hiding posterior carination; lateral transverse carina strong delimiting a small triangular area basalis; area superomedia and petiolaris forming a deep furrow striated posteriorly. Coxae 1–2 almost smooth, hind coxa shagreened punctate; hind tarsomeres 1–4 with a weak longitudinal row of densely spaced hairs; tarsal claws strongly pectinate. Fore wing with areolet minute, triangular oblique and strongly petiolate, 2Rs-m 0.5x as long as 3Rs-m; cu-a barely distad to Rs&M; hind wing with distal abscissa of Cu1 present but faint and not connected to vertical 1/Cu&cua; M+Cu medially angled.</p> <p> <i>Metasoma</i>. Metasomal tergites almost smooth with moderately dense hairs; tergite I with glymma short but distinct; tergite II with thyridium oval and shallowly impressed, distant from anterior margin of tergite by its greatest diameter and from lateral margin by its shortest diameter; OTi = 0.3; ovipositor straight.</p> <p> <b>Color.</b> Overall yellowish orange with head generally more yellow and ocellar triangle black, mesoscutum somewhat brownish anteriorly or with a distinct median dark stripe and a scuto-scutellar groove dark brown anteriorly; scape and pedicel orange with a narrow stripe on outer side; flagellum black brown, clearer at apex; ovipositor sheath dark brown.</p> <p>MALE (2 specimens). Fore wing length 5.5–6.0mm. Same color as female. Darker specimens have metasomal tergites basally infuscate, scuto-scutellar groove and two black brown basal maculae on propodeum.</p> <p> <b>Etymology.</b> Named for Thierry Hubert, organic farmer in La Caroline.</p> <p> <b>Distribution records</b>. Reunion.</p> <p> <b>Type material. HOLOTYPE</b> Ƥ (MNHN EY 6429) Verbatim label data: La Réunion, Bras Panon / La Caroline, alt. 230m, exploitation AB (Thierry Hubert), piège Malaise, 01/2011, leg. P. Rousse, complete. <b>PARATYPES</b> (MNHN EY 6430–6431) 13 same locality, same date, leg. P. Rousse; 1Ƥ St Paul / Tan Rouge, alt. 800m, I.2011, leg. Cirad. <b>Other material</b> 2Ƥ Bras Panon / La Caroline, alt. 230m, I.2011, leg. P. Rousse.</p>Published as part of <i>Rousse, Pascal & Villemant, Claire, 2012, Ichneumons in Reunion Island: a catalogue of the local Ichneumonidae (Hymenoptera) species, including 15 new taxa and a key to species, pp. 1-57 in Zootaxa 3278</i> on pages 19-20, DOI: <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/214150">10.5281/zenodo.214150</a>
Phygadeuon nativel Rousse et Villemant, sp. nov.
No full text<i>Phygadeuon nativel</i> Rousse et Villemant, sp. nov. <p>(Figs 14 e–f)</p> <p> <b>Diagnosis</b>. A black species with legs, base of antenna and metasoma except tergite I brownish. The mesopleuron is polished with obtuse longitudinal striations and a deep crenulate sternaulus. Species also characterized by a long malar space, and short, stout antennae.</p> <p> <b>Description</b>. FEMALE (7 specimens). Fore wing length 2.3–2.4 mm.</p> <p> <i>Head</i>. Temple moderately long and rounded; head barely constricted behind head; ocellar triangle equilateral and barely protruding above vertex, OOi = 2.3, IOi = 1.3; occipital carina complete; vertex and frons polished with some punctures; face moderately punctate and finely hairy, shagreened below toruli and smoother ventrally; clypeus slightly convex, almost smooth, its apical margin impressed and with two minute median teeth, Ci = 2.3; MLMi = 1.5; mandible slightly narrowed with margins sub-parallel beyond base, lower thooth slightly shorter than upper, sub-ocular sulcus impressed forming a finely shagreened stripe; antenna with 14–15 flagellomeres, apical truncation of scape angled 45° from transverse, flagellum short and distinctly thickened beyond flagellomere 3, FLi1 = 2.7, penultimate segment almost quadrate, 1.4x thicker than first flagellomere at apex.</p> <p> <i>Mesosoma</i>. Pronotum smooth, epomia distinct; notauli only anteriorly impressed; mesoscutum moderately punctate, the punctures shallow with hairs; mesopleuron smooth with longitudinal shallow wrinkling anteriorly, speculum smooth, mesopleural furrow very deep, sternaulus deep and crenulate reaching middle of mesopleuron; propodeum shining with strong complete carination and obtuse sub-lateral apophyses, area superomedia hexagonal. Fore wing with 3Rs-m obsolescent and areolet pentagonal. Legs finely and rather densely hairy, hind tibia stout, its dorsal and ventral margin sub-parallel on its apical 3/4.</p> <p> <i>Metasoma</i>. Apex of sternite I at the level of spiracles; tergite I longitudinally shallowly striate; following tergites polished; ovipositor stout and straight, OTi = 0.6.</p> <p> <b>Color</b>. Head and mesosoma black with mandible red and palpi yellow. Antenna with flagellomeres 1–3 yellowish orange, the remainder black brown; legs orange yellow; metasomal tergite I black, tergite II orange with testaceous lateral and apical margins, the following tergites darkening towards apex.</p> <p>MALE. Unknown.</p> <p> <b>Distribution records</b>. Reunion.</p> <p> <b>Type material</b>. <b>HOLOTYPE</b> Ƥ <b>(</b> MNHN EY 6445) Verbatim label data: St Paul / Tan Rouge, alt. 800m, piège Malaise, 24/01/2011, leg. Cirad, complete. <b>PARATYPES</b> (MNHN EY 6446–6447) 2Ƥ Le Tampon / ND de la Paix, alt. 1700m, V.2011, leg. P. Rousse. <b>Other material</b> 2Ƥ same label data; 1Ƥ St Paul / Tan Rouge, alt. 800m, VI.2011, leg. Cirad; 1Ƥ Entre Deux, alt. 600m, V.2011, leg. Cirad.</p>Published as part of <i>Rousse, Pascal & Villemant, Claire, 2012, Ichneumons in Reunion Island: a catalogue of the local Ichneumonidae (Hymenoptera) species, including 15 new taxa and a key to species, pp. 1-57 in Zootaxa 3278</i> on page 31, DOI: <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/214150">10.5281/zenodo.214150</a>
Pristomerus guinness Rousse, Villemant & Seyrig 2013
No full textPristomerus guinness Rousse, Villemant & Seyrig, 2013 Fig. 9 Diagnosis (range of variation from Rousse et al. 2013) Head whitish yellow with frons, inter-ocellar area and occiput black; mesosoma testaceous–orange; metasoma black with apical margin of tergites 2–7 white; antenna basally black, fading to pale testaceous, then apically darker; face densely and shallowly punctate; inner margins of eyes subparallel; clypeus transverse, sparsely punctate; malar line long; occipital carina joining hypostomal carina shortly above mandible base; antenna long with 35–36 flagellomeres, penultimate flagellomere quadrate; mesosoma elongate, very densely punctate-granulate except pronotum centrally and speculum ventrally smoother, and mesoscutum mid-posteriorly transversely rugose; area superomedia elongate; female femoral tooth about as long as basally wide; ovipositor moderately long, weakly sinuous apically. B 6.2–9.2; A 4.7– 6.9; F 4.9–7.1; CT 1.8; ML 0.7; POL 0.7; OOL 0.4; Fl n–1 1.0; ASM 2.5; OT 1.4–1.5; FFT 1–2. Male with ocelli and femoral tooth enlarged, posterior ocellus almost touching eyes dorsally; otherwise similar to female. OOL 0.1; POL 0.4. Differential diagnosis Rather large Madagascan species, differentiated from all other Afrotropical species by the atypical colour pattern: head mostly white, mesosoma testaceous orange and metasoma mostly black with apical margins of tergites white. The only other Afrotropical species with a somewhat similar colour pattern is P. zulu sp. nov., whose face is medially reddish-testaceous and the malar line is distinctly shorter. Material examined Holotype MADAGASCAR: ♀, “ MADAGASCAR, Rogez, foret côte est, V. 32, EY 0000003649” (MNHN). Distribution Madagascar.Published as part of Rousse, Pascal & Noort, Simon van, 2015, Revision of the Afrotropical species of Pristomerus (Ichneumonidae: Cremastinae), with descriptions of 31 new species, pp. 1-129 in European Journal of Taxonomy 124 on page 46, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2015.124, http://zenodo.org/record/378021
Lycorina horstmanni Rousse
No full textLycorina horstmanni Rousse & van Noort sp. nov. (Fig. 2) Diagnosis. Black overall with pale yellow markings on head, mesosoma and apical margins of tergites; head shining, sparsely to densely punctate on smooth background except clypeus nearly smooth; apical margin of clypeus convex, hardly to distinctly notched medially; antenna with 27–29 flagellomeres; mesosoma and metasoma remarkably deeply and very densely punctate, except ventral half of pronotum coarsely striate, and speculum and scuto-scutellar groove smooth; notaulus indistinct; anterior transverse of carina entirely lacking; ovipositor relatively short. Differential diagnosis. Differentiated from most of the other Afrotropical Lycorina species by the overall black colour and the deep and close punctation on mesosoma and metasoma; very close to L. yui, L. horstmanni has a more expanded pale colour, and definitively smaller OT and MD (> 1.6 and>1.0, respectively, in L. yui). Description. Female (2 specimens). B 5.9–6.9; A 4.8–5.1; F 4.7–5.4; MD 0.4–0.5; OT 1.2–1.3. Colour. Black overall with pale yellow parts: orbits, clypeus, mandible, dorsal margin of pronotum, tegula, and apical margin of tergites; legs orange except coxae dark reddish to black and variably pale yellow maculated; flagellum and ovipositor sheath testaceous, variably infuscate; wings hyaline, slightly infuscate apically, venation yellowish. Head. Transverse in dorsal view, temple constricted behind eye; temple and vertex sparsely and finely punctate, punctation denser between ocelli; frons and face more densely punctate, background smooth and shining; clypeus almost smooth, very superficially punctate, ventral margin convex, hardly to distinctly notched medially; antenna with 27–29 flagellomeres. Mesosoma. Pronotum coarsely striate ventrally, deeply and densely punctate dorsally; remainder of mesosoma closely and remarkably deeply punctate, except speculum and scuto-scutellar groove smooth; epicnemial carina reaching half height of mesopleuron; notaulus indistinct; propodeum with anterior transverse carina totally absent, in profile abruptly subdivided by the strong apical transverse carina into horizontal anterior and vertical posterior parts. Metasoma. Entirely densely, coarsely and remarkably deeply punctate, except oblique impressions costulate; ovipositor relatively short, straight to slightly down-curved. Male (3 specimens). B 6.1–6.4; A 5.0– 5.1; F 5.1–5.4. Face extensively pale yellow; otherwise similar to female. Etymology. A respectful farewell to Klaus Horstmann, co-author of the Taxapad database, who devoted his life to Ichneumonidae. Danke sehr, Herr Horstmann. The specific epithet horstmanni is in the genitive case. Distribution. South Africa. Type material. HOLOTYPE ♀ Ceres, Cape Province, 1500 ft, Dec. 1920, S. Africa, R.E. Turner, Brit. Mus. 1921 – 38 (BMNH). PARATYPES. 1 ♂ same label data; 1 ♀ 1 ♂ Cape Province, Swellendam, 9–14.xii. 1931, R.E. Turner, Brit. Mus. 1932 – 3 (BMNH); 1 ♂ S. Africa, Western Cape, Cederberg Wilderness Area, near Sanddrif, Valley of the Red Gods, 880– 920m, 19.16.30” E 32.29 S, 15 Oct 1995, S van Noort, Dry mountain fynbos, SAM –HYM P013949 [cited as non-type material of L. yui in Rousse & van Noort (2013)] (SAMC).Published as part of Rousse, P. & Noort, S. Van, 2014, Revision of the Afrotropical Lycorininae (Ichneumonidae; Hymenoptera) II. Three new Lycorina species and additional distribution records, pp. 222-234 in Zootaxa 3884 (3) on pages 229-230, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3884.3.2, http://zenodo.org/record/25336
Pristomerus yago Rousse, Villemant & Seyrig 2013
No full textPristomerus yago Rousse, Villemant & Seyrig, 2013 Fig. 44 Diagnosis (range of variation from Rousse et al. 2013) Moderately sized; yellowish-orange overall, with flagellum, ovipositor sheath and tergites 1–2 black; head distinctly transverse; face moderately punctate; inner margins of eyes subparallel; clypeus transverse, sparsely and shallowly punctate; malar line moderately short; frons finely transversely striate; remainder of head coriaceous; occipital carina joining hypostomal carina at mandible base; antenna with 32–34 flagellomeres, penultimate flagellomere quadrate; pronotum, mesopleuron and metapleuron moderately to densely punctate with pronotum mid-dorsally and speculum entirely smooth; mesoscutum coriaceous, without puncture, posteriorly smoother; scutellum quite smooth; propodeum with carination strong, area superomedia stout; female femoral tooth strong and acute, distinctly higher than basally wide, followed by distinct denticles; ovipositor moderately long, apically sinuous. B 6.4–8.5; A 4.9–6.2; F 4.1–5.5; CT 1.8; ML 0.5; POL 0.8; OOL 1.2; Fl n–1 1.0; ASM 1.5; OT 1.5–1.7; FFT 2. Male with inner margins of eyes diverging ventrally, ocelli enlarged with posterior ocellus very close to eye margin, metasoma entirely blackened. POL 1.0; OOL 0.2. Differential diagnosis Moderately sized, mostly yellowish-orange with basal tergites mostly black; differentiated from all other Afrotropical Pristomerus species by the combination of the transverse head, the hardly sculptured mesonotum and the strong femoral tooth. Material examined Holotype MADAGASCAR: ♀, “ MADAGASCAR, Rogez, forêt côte est, II.31, EY 0000003753” (MNHN). Distribution Madagascar.Published as part of Rousse, Pascal & Noort, Simon van, 2015, Revision of the Afrotropical species of Pristomerus (Ichneumonidae: Cremastinae), with descriptions of 31 new species, pp. 1-129 in European Journal of Taxonomy 124 on pages 113-114, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2015.124, http://zenodo.org/record/378021
Pristomerus rivier Rousse & Villemant 2012
No full text<i>Pristomerus rivier</i> Rousse & Villemant, 2012 <p>Fig. 30</p> <p> <b>Diagnosis</b> (updated from Rousse & Villemant 2012)</p> <p> Moderately small; head black with clypeus, mandible, palpi and base of antenna yellow; mesosoma varying from mostly testaceous with base of propodeum black to mostly black with pronotum yellowish and mesonotum partly testaceous; metasoma basally black fading to testaceous from tergite 3, except base of tergite 1 yellow; legs mostly yellowish-orange with hind coxa and hind femur testaceous-brown and hind tibia apically dark; face densely punctate and hairy; clypeus transverse, sparsely punctate, distinctly convex in profile; malar line long; remainder of head coriaceous; occipital carina joining hypostomal carina at mandible base; antenna with 24–30 flagellomeres, penultimate flagellomere subquadrate; mesosoma moderately stout, entirely densely punctate, including whole pronotum, speculum and scutellum; area superomedia short and stout; female femoral tooth strong; ovipositor moderately long, apically sinuous. B 5.1–6.3; A 3.4–4.5; F 3.8–4.6; CT 1.9; ML 0.7; POL 1.0; OOL 1.1; Fl n–1 1.0; ASM 1.4; OT 1.8–2.0; FFT 2. Male with inner margins of eyes distinctly diverging ventrally, ocelli, hind femur and femoral tooth enlarged, and area superomedia more slender. POL 0.9; OOL 0.2.</p> Differential diagnosis <p>Moderately small, black and testaceous species from Réunion Island; differentiated from all other Afrotropical species by the combination of the black orbits, the partially testaceous mesoscutum, the entirely punctate speculum, the stout area superomedia in the female and the strong female femoral tooth.</p> Material examined <p> <b>Holotype</b> FRANCE: ♀, “La Réunion, Petit St Pierre, sur <i>Litchi sinensis</i>, 19/06/1996, Cirad 14373 RQ 3220, Quilici S. leg., EY 0000003897” (MNHN).</p> <p> <b>Other material</b></p> <p> FRANCE: 1 ♀, 1 ♂, “ Réunion, Quatorzième, verger de café, iv.2012, ex. <i>Prophantis smaragdina</i> SAM– HYM–P049438” (SAMC); 4 ♀♀, “ Réunion, les Colimaçons, alt. 800m, 22.03.2013, ex. <i>P. smaragdina</i>, coll. David Muru” (personal collection D. Muru).</p> Host records <p> <i>Plutella xylostella</i> (Lepidoptera: Plutellidae) on cabbage (<i>Brassica oleracea</i> L.). New record: <i>Prophantis smaragdina</i> Butler, 1875 (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) on coffee (<i>Coffea arabica</i> L.).</p> Distribution <p>Réunion island.</p>Published as part of <i>Rousse, Pascal & Noort, Simon van, 2015, Revision of the Afrotropical species of Pristomerus (Ichneumonidae: Cremastinae), with descriptions of 31 new species, pp. 1-129 in European Journal of Taxonomy 124</i> on pages 86-87, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2015.124, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/3780218">http://zenodo.org/record/3780218</a>
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