Adelotropis, Waterston, 1921

Riedel, Matthias & Pos, Davide Dal, 2019, Contribution to the AIrotropical Ɨchneumoninae (Hymenoptera, Ɨchneumonidae) Irom Gabon and Sierra Leone, with descriptions oI Iive new species and two new subspecies, Linzer biologische Beiträge 51 (1), pp. 419-436 : 427

Key to the known species of Adelotropis W ATERSTON

1 Scutellum with a very long central spine ( fig. 21 ); fore and middle legs with ivory coloration on coxae, femora and tibiae; general coloration reddish including the propodeum ( fig. 4 ) ................................................. A. spinosus RIEDEL & DAL POS, nov.sp.

- Scutellum with a short tooth; fore and middle legs with reduced or absent ivory coloration; general coloration darker with thorax dark ferrugineus and propodeum infuscate or black. ...............................................................................................................2

2 Area superomedia sickle-shaped, 2.7x wider than long ( fig. 15 ). Mesosoma with reduced red coloration; fore and middle coxae with ivory spots, hind coxa black; hind tibial spur dark..................................................... A. gabonense RIEDEL & DAL POS, nov.sp.

- Area superomedia hexagonal, 1.5x wider than long; Mesosoma almost completely red, propodeum more or less infuscate; fore and middle coxae without ivory spots; hind coxa pale apically; hind tibial spur pale ......................... A. farquharson WATERSTON, 1922

Figures

Figs 17-21: Face of (17) Adelotropis gabonense nov.sp. ♀ and (18) Adelotropis spinosus nov.sp. ♀. Meta- soma of (19) Adelotropis gabonense nov.sp. ♀ and (20) Adelotropis spinosus nov.sp. ♀. Fig. 21: Scutellum of Adelotropis spinosus nov.sp. ♀. Fig 22: Ctenocalus maculipennis rufopetiolatus ssp.nov. ♀: Habitus from dorsal.

Figs 1-4: Habitus from dorsal: (1) Compsophorus coxator nov.sp. ♀; (2) Compsophorus fuscopetiolaris nov.sp. ♀; (3) Compsophorus paracorrugata nov.sp. ♀; (4) Adelotropis gabonense nov.sp. ♀. Figs 5-6: Hind coxa of: (5) Compsophorus coxator nov.sp. ♀; (6). Compsophorus paracorrugata nov.sp. ♀.

Figs 13-16: Propodeum of: (13) Compsophorus fuscopetiolaris nov.sp. ♀; (14) Compsophorus paracorrugata nov.sp. ♀; (15) Adelotropis gabonense nov.sp. ♀; (16) Magwengiella congica HEINRICH ♂.