Kibalus Rousse, van Noort & Diller, 2013

Pos, Davide Dal, Claridge, Brandon, Diller, Erich, Noort, Simon Van & Giovanni, Filippo Di, 2023, Still counting: new records, nomenclatural notes, and three new species of Phaeogenini (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Ichneumoninae) from the Afrotropical region, European Journal of Taxonomy 868, pp. 1-71 : 50-51

Genus Kibalus Rousse, van Noort & Diller, 2013

Kibalus Rousse, van Noort & Diller in Rousse et al., 2013: 59 . Type species: Kibalus toro Rousse, van Noort & Diller 2013 , by original designation.

Diagnosis

Kibalus can easily be distinguished from the other Afrotropical genera of Phaeogenini by the following combination of characters: (1) bidentate mandibles (unidentate in Lusius and Heterischnus ); (2) gastrocoeli present and long (absent in Arearia , Chauvinia , Dicaelotus , and Hoplophaeogenes ); (3) occipital and hypostomal carina joining at mandibular base (modified in Aethecerus and Tycherus ); (4) 2 nd metasomal tergite more than 2× as long as apically wide (almost square in Centeterichneumon and Diadromus ). The genus can further be distinguished by: hemispherical head, coarsely sculptured; upper tooth of mandible much longer than lower tooth; mesoscutum steeply elevated above pronotum; propodeum elongate, regularly rounded without differentiated horizontal anterior part in profile view; propodeal carination weak, more or less complete; fore wing with areolet closed; hind wing with distal abscissa CU absent; ovipositor very shortly projecting beyond metasomal apex ( Rousse et al. 2013).

According to Rousse et al. (2013), the genus is also characterized by a complete and strong postpectal carina. However, in the new species described below, Kibalus nonnaritae Dal Pos & Di Giovanni sp. nov., the postpectal carina is absent in front of the mid coxa.

Remarks

The genus Kibalus has only been recorded from the Afrotropical region, and specifically only from Uganda. Three species are known, one of which is described below: K. mubfs Rousse & van Noort, 2013 , K. nonnaritae Dal Pos & Di Giovanni sp. nov., and K. toro Rousse, van Noort, & Diller, 2013 .