Jenopappius niger (de Saeger, 1944)

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 : 69

Jenopappius niger (de Saeger, 1944)

Fig. 19A

Microplitis niger de Saeger, 1944. Original description ( de Saeger 1944: 46).

Holotype.

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

Diagnosis.

J. niger can be separate from the other known species of the genus because of shape of T1, and by having raised median area of T2 as wide as width of T1 at posterior margin (Fig. 19 ).

Biology.

Host unknown.

Distribution.

Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Molecular data.

No molecular data available.

Comments.

The information about this species was extracted from the original description ( de Saeger 1944).

Figures

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).