Exallonyx, Kieffer, 1904

Kolyada, Victor A., Mostovski, Mike B. & Brothers, Denis J., 2004, New data on proctotrupid wasp genus Exallonyx Kieffer (Hymenoptera: Proctotrupidae) from South Africa, with description of a new species and new synonymy, African Invertebrates 45, pp. 237-248 : 238-240

Exallonyx alticola Kieffer, 1913

Figs 1, 4, 10, 11, 18

Exallonyx alticola Kieffer, 1913: 20; Townes & Townes 1981: 297. (Type locality: Kenya)

Codrus longipetiolatus Sundholm, 1970: 307; Townes & Townes 1981: 298. (Type locality: South Africa) Material examined: SOUTH AFRICA: Free State: 1ơ, Adullam Farm near Clarens (28º34'S: 28º28'E), 15– 18.01.1986, B. Grobbelaar (PPRI­NCI); Mpumalanga: 1ơ, Mac Mac Falls, 10 km N Sabie (25º02'S: 30º48'E), 27.02.1986, B. Grobbelaar (PPRINCI); Western Cape: 1ơ, Citrusdal, Olifants R., 3219CA, 6.x.1977, R.M. Miller (NMSA); 1ơ, Brandfontein Res. (34 46'S: 19 52'E), 16–18.x.1992, S. van Noort; 1ơ 1^, Grootvadersbosch (33 52'30''S: 20 52'30''E), 28–30.xii.1996, D. Larsen; 1ơ, Grootvadersbosch (33 59'S: 20 49'E), 1.i.2000, D. Larsen (SAMC); KwaZuluNatal: 16ơ 7^, Grande, 20.3 km 205 SW Underberg, 3–9xii.2001, MT, S. van Noort; 3ơ 1^, Hlogoma, 4.9 km 127 S Underberg, 4–10.xii.2001, MT, S. van Noort; 2ơ 1^, Triscombe, 18.1 km 203 SW Underberg, 2–8.xii.2001, S. van Noort; 64ơ 51^, Pineglades, 1.3 km 178 S Himeville, 3–9.xii.2001, S. van Noort; 1^, Good Hope Estate, 9.3 km 281º NW Boston (29º41.7'S: 29º55.9'E), 1350m, 25– 30.viii.1998, MT, S. van Noort (SAMC); 3ơ, Southern Drakensberg, Himeville, 3–5.iii.2004, YPT, V. Kolyada & M. Mostovski; 1^, Impendle, Nhlosane farm (29 35'S: 29 58'E), xi.1993, pitfall traps, J. Kotze; 4^, same data except 19.i–15.ii.1994; 2ơ 5^, same data except 16.ii–29.iii.1994; 1^, same data except 30.iii–12.iv.1994; 1^ same data except 13.iv–31.v.1994; 1ơ, same data except 1.vi–1.vii.1994; 1^, Pietermaritzburg, Hilton (29º32'30.7"S: 30º18'18.4"E), 1131 m, 27.ix–13.x.2003, MT, M. Mostovski; 1ơ 1^, same data except 13–23.xi. 2003; 4^, same data except 24.xi–9.xii.2003; 2^, same data except 29.ii–13.iii.2004; 1 ơ, Pietermaritzburg, Town Bush, 15.ii.2004, sweeping, V. Kolyada & M. Mostovski; 1ơ, Karkloof, near Braco Farm (29 19'S: 29 19'E), 13–25.iii.2004, pitfall traps, V. Kolyada & M. Mostovski (NMSA).

Diagnosis: Female. Forewing 2.0–3.0 mm long. Gena as long as shortest diameter of eye. Second flagellomere 2.3 times as long as wide, tenth flagellomere 1.75 times as long as wide. Pronotum with epomia, with sometimes 1–3 setae behind epomia. Posteroventral corner of pronotum with two pits. Setal strip along dorsal side of pronotum consists of 2–5 setae. Ovipositor sheath 0.33 times as long as hind tibia, lacking longitudinal striation but having isolated punctures ( Fig. 18).

Male. Forewing 2.0–3.0 mm long. Gena long, 0.5 times as long as shortest diameter of eye. Clypeus 2.5 times as long as wide. Tyloids present but poorly distinct. Second flagellomere 3.1 times as long as wide. Other characters as in female.

Remarks: The size of this species is highly variable, and some specimens can be nearly twice as long as others. The statement about a long petiole ( Townes & Townes 1981) is not always correct, since this character is also variable.

Distribution: South Africa, Kenya. This species had been described from Kenya and was subsequently recorded in South Africa (Grahamstown, Kirstenbosch, and Pietermaritzburg).