Dryinidae of the Afrotropical region (Hymenoptera, Chrysidoidea) Author Olmi, Massimo Author Copeland, Robert S. Author Noort, Simon Van text Zootaxa 2019 2019-07-10 4630 1 1 619 journal article 26202 10.11646/zootaxa.4630.1.1 db6a16a6-0fe8-4987-8ad5-42223825fcd7 1175-5326 3336635 8D375836-CCBA-473C-836F-6ABD44B4F881 5. Aphelopus severancei Olmi, Copeland & Guglielmino, 2015 ( Figs 13C , 17A, B ) Aphelopus severancei Olmi, Copeland & Guglielmino 2015: 337 . Description . ♀ . Fully winged; body length 1.9–2.2 mm . Head brown, except mandible and anterior half of frons whitish (occasionally frons with only area between toruli whitish); antenna brown, except scape and pedicel testaceous; mesosoma and metasoma brown; legs yellow-testaceous. Antenna filiform; antennomeres in following proportions: 5:4:5:6:6:6:6:5:5:8. Head dull, granulate; frontal line absent; occipital carina complete; POL = 6; OL = 4; OOL = 3.5; OPL = 3; TL = 2.5; greatest breadth of lateral ocelli shorter than OPL (2.5:4). Mesoscutum, mesoscutellum and metanotum dull, granulate. Notauli incomplete, reaching about 0.4–0.5 × length of mesoscutum. Metapectal-propodeal disc and propodeal declivity reticulate rugose. Forewing hyaline, without dark transverse bands; 2r-rs&Rs vein regularly curved. Tibial spurs 1/1/2. ♂ ( Figs 17A, B ). Fully winged; body length 1.5–2.4 mm . Head black, except mandible testaceous; antenna brown; mesosoma black; metasoma brown; legs brown. Antenna filiform; antennomeres in following proportions: 6:5:6.5:6.5:7:8:7:7:7:9. Head dull, granulate; frontal line shortly present near clypeus; occipital carina complete; POL = 7; OL = 4; OOL = 4; OPL = 4; TL = 4; greatest breadth of lateral ocelli shorter than OPL (2:4). Mesoscutum, mesoscutellum and metanotum dull, granulate. Notauli incomplete, reaching about 0.4–0.5 × length of mesoscutum. Metapectal-propodeal disc and propodeal declivity reticulate rugose. Forewing hyaline, without dark transverse bands; 2r-rs&Rs vein regularly curved. Basivolsella ( Fig. 13C ) with lateral medial process and 2 subdistal bristles; distivolsella with 1 very long bristle ( Fig. 13C ). Tibial spurs 1/1/2. FIGURE 15. A: Aphelopus sp. ♀ in lateral view (length 1.9 mm). B: Aphelopus sp. ♂ in dorsal view (length 2.2 mm). C: Aph- elopus testaceus Olmi ♂ from Yemen, Ta’izz. D: Aphelopus wittei Benoit ♀ from Yemen, Sana’a. E: head of Aphelopus wittei Benoit ♀ from Yemen, Sana’a. Scale bar: A: 1.16 mm; B: 1.72 mm; C: 1.6 mm; D: 1.8 mm; E: 0.9 mm. FIGURE 16. Aphelopus incisus Olmi : ♂ from Central African Republic, 03°02.01’N 16°24.57’E in dorsal (A) and lateral (B) view; ♀ from Uganda, 00°33.784’N 30°21.617’E in dorsal (C; length of head + mesosoma 1.2 mm) and lateral (D) view. Aphelopus mediocarinatus (Benoit) : E: ♂ in lateral view from South Africa, 34°27.414’S 19°21.393’E. F: ♀ in lateral view from South Africa, 33°43.745’S 21°56.972’E. Material examined . Type : ♂ holotype : KENYA : Coast Prov. , Taita Hills , Vuria Forest , 3.41428°S 38.29178°E , 2162 m , 12–26.VI.2011 , MT just inside indigenous forest, R. Copeland leg. ( NMK ) . Other material : DEMOCRAT- IC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO : Haut-Uele , Wamba Territory , Ntsheshe Forest , NE of Kikongo Mission , 04°16’S 17°12’E , 14–22.VII.2008 , MT at forest edge, T. Chapman leg. , 1♂ ( UCDC ). KENYA : Eastern Prov. , Kasaala area , 2.07846°S 38.22530°E , 740 m , 28.XI–4.XII.2013 , MT, just inside isolated woodland patch, J. Bukhebi & R. Copeland leg. , 1♂ ( NMK ); Eastern Prov. , Nyambene Hills , Itieni Forest , at bottom, 0.24433°N 37.87016°E , 2142 m , 24.VII–7.VIII.2011, MT, edge of indigenous forest, near forest station, R. Copeland leg., 1♂ (MOLC), 2♀♀ (NMK, MOLC); same locality label, 18.IX–2.X.2011, 1♂ (NMK); Western Prov., Kakamega District, Kakamega Forest, Kisere Forest, 10–12.III.2002, light trap, Ke 1645, Manfred Kraemer leg., 1♂ (MOLC). Hosts . Unknown. Distribution . Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya.