Aprostocetus exertus La Salle

Prinsloo, Rd. L. & Kelly, Ne. A., 2009, The tetrastichine wasps (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Eulophidae) associated with galls on Erythrina species (Fabaceae) in South Africa, with the description of five new species, Zootaxa 2083 (1), pp. 27-45 : 44

Aprostocetus exertus La Salle

Fig. 38

Aprostocetus exertus La Salle : in La Salle, Ramadan and Kumashiro, 2009:

Aprostocetus exertus is being described and illustrated in detail from Tanzania and South Africa in a companion article by La Salle ( La Salle et al. 2009). This species is readily distinguished from all the other species of the genus associated with Erythrina galls by its extremely long epipygium and ovipositor ( Fig. 38 ).

Material examined. SOUTH AFRICA. KwaZulu – Natal Province : Pietermaritzburg, University Botanic Gardens, 29°36’S 30°22’E, B. Muller, ex leaf galls on Erythrina latissima (20 females, 20 males; HYMC05766 ); same data except D.J. Brothers (20 females, 20 males; HYMC05767 ) .

Figures

FIGURES 31–38. Aprostocetus spp.: 31–37, A. nitens sp. n.: 31, forewing, female; 32, antenna, female; 33, antenna, male; 34, mesosoma, female; 35, head, frontal view, female; 36, ovipositor and middle tibia, same scale, female; 37, male genitalia. 38, A. exertus La Salle, female, lateral view.