Arearia oxymoron Rousse & van Noort, 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 : 12-14

Arearia oxymoron Rousse & van Noort, 2013

Fig. 1

Arearia oxymoron Rousse & van Noort in Rousse et al., 2013: 17–20 (original description, key).

Arearia oxymoron – Yu et al. 2016 (catalogue).

Diagnosis of female

The female of the species is hereby diagnosed for the first time bearing the same label data as one of the male paratypes reported in the original description. Compared to the male, no major differences are reported. Body length is approximately 3.4 mm, fore wing length is 2.4 mm. The coloration is identical, with the exception of: (1) petiole dorsally brownish black (except for the postpetiole); (2) propodeum and axillae mostly black. Compared to the female of Arearia paradoxa , the ovipositor is strongly projecting, approximately 0.25–0.3 × as long as the length of the metasoma (0.1× in A. paradoxa ).

Original type series

Holotype: ♂, by original designation ( NHMUK).

Paratypes: 4 ♂♂ ( NHMUK) .

Material examined

SOUTH AFRICA • 1 ♀; Orange F. State, Harrismith ; Feb. 1927; Brit. Mus. 1927–117; R.E. Turner leg.; D. Dal Pos det.; NHMUK .

Type locality

South Africa: Cape Province, Somerset East.

Distribution

South Africa ( Rousse et al. 2013).

Figures

Fig. 1. Arearia oxymoron Rousse & van Noort, 2013, ♀ (NHMUK). A. Habitus, lateral view. B. Head, frontal view. C. Habitus, dorsal view.