Jenopappius aethiopica (de Saeger, 1944) Fernandez-Triana & Boudreault, 2018

Fernandez-Triana, Jose L & Boudreault, Caroline, 2018, Seventeen new genera of microgastrine parasitoid wasps (Hymenoptera, Braconidae) from tropical areas of the world, Journal of Hymenoptera Research 64, pp. 25-140 : 64

Jenopappius aethiopica (de Saeger, 1944) comb. n.

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Microplitis aethiopica de Saeger, 1944. Original description ( de Saeger 1944: 48).

Microplitis aethiopicus de Saeger, 1944. Gender of species name changed ( Yu et al. 2016).

Holotype.

Female, Democratic Republic of the Congo, RMCA (Musee Royal de l’Afrique Centrale, Tervuren, Belgium). Not examined, but original description checked.

Diagnosis.

J. aethiopica can be separated from J. niger because of shape of T1, and by having raised median area of T2 narrower than width of T1 at posterior margin. It can be distinguished from J. magyarmuzeum because it has lightered coloured legs and darker T2 and T3 (darker legs and yellow-white T2 and T3 in J. magyarmuzeum ).

Biology.

Host unknown.

Distribution.

Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Rwanda.

Molecular data.

No molecular data available.

Comments.

The species records from the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda come from the original description of the species ( de Saeger 1944). The record from Kenya (two female specimens) is based on specimens found in the CNC. No molecular data. The Kenyan specimens we examined have the first 2-3 sternites and laterotergites, and the first two pairs of legs mostly yellow (except for tibia and tarsi which are brown). That is slightly lighter coloured compared to the original description of J. aethiopica (where the color of those body parts is described as mostly reddish-yellow or reddish-brown), but we consider those as minor differences and thus keep all examined specimens as part of J. aethiopica .

Figures

Figure 18. Jenopappius aethiopica female non-type specimen CNC 878534. A Habitus B Head frontal C Head dorsal D Fore wing E Mesosoma dorsal F Metasoma dorsal.

Figure 19. Comparison of tergites 1 and 2 in Jenopappius niger (A) and Jenopappius aethiopica (B) based on modified drawings from the original descriptions of the species (de Saeger 1944). Blue arrow shows tergite 1 narrowing (A) or widening (B) towards posterior margin. Red arrow shows end of lateral margin of tergite 1 and beginning of lateral margin of median area of tergite 2 to be almost continuous (A) or end of lateral margin of tergite 1 and beginning of lateral margin of median area of tergite 2 to be clearly separate (B).