Ichneumonid wasps from Madagascar. VI. The genus Pristomerus (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Cremastinae) Author Rousse, Pascal B06C2640-700A-429B-AA2F-1BE09251C845 Iziko South African Museum, Natural History Department, PO Box 61, Cape Town 8000, South Africa; Stellenbosch University, Department of Botany and Zoology, Evolutionary Genomics Group, Private Bag X 1, Stellenbosch 7602, South Africa E-mail: rousse. pascal @ wanadoo. fr (corresponding author) & urn: lsid: zoobank. org: author: B 06 C 2640 - 700 A- 429 B-AA 2 F- 1 BE 09251 C 845 Author Villemant, Claire E93C2DD0-5DA8-43F6-9A53-07FE1F557B1A Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Dépt. Systématique & Evolution, UMR 7205 MNHN-CNRS, CP 50, 45 rue Buffon, 75005 Paris, France E-mail: villeman @ mnhn. fr Deceased author & urn: lsid: zoobank. org: author: E 93 C 2 DD 0 - 5 DA 8 - 43 F 6 - 9 A 53 - 07 FE 1 F 557 B 1 A urn: lsid: zoobank. org: author: BE 2 CD 298 - C 020 - 4860 - 8 E 27 - 772812 C 56 DBE Author Seyrig, André text European Journal of Taxonomy 2013 2013-07-08 49 1 38 journal article 22316 10.5852/ejt.2013.49 999795e1-244b-4ca9-bf21-1875ec184037 2118-9773 3814375 Pristomerus roberti sp. nov. urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: D0610706-1D96-4E5C-9019-71BFEB50B1D8 Fig. 14 Diagnosis Moderately large species; face orange; general coloration testaceous-orange with tergites 2–3 and apex of tergite 1 blackish brown; face at least latero-medially punctate, clypeus strongly transverse and granulate; mesoscutum densely punctate (almost smooth in male), scutellum moderately punctate; area superomedia about 2 x longer than wide; female femoral tooth small; ovipositor long, apically sinuate; POL 0.9; OOL 1.2; CT 2.5; ML 0.4; OT 2.2; FFT 1. Differential diagnosis Species closely related to P. cunctator , distinguishable by the color pattern and the longer ovipositor. The mesonotum of P. roberti is uniformly orange, without any yellowish orange markings on notauli and scutellum. Etymology Named for Thierry Robert, entomologist at the Office National des Forêts. Type material Holotype MADAGASCAR : ♀ ( MNHN EY3511 ), Ampandradava, 23°50’ S , 44°52’ E , verbatim label data: “Madagascar, Bekily [Ampandrandava], reg. sud de l’île, III. 33 ”, complete. Paratypes MADAGASCAR : 11 ♀♀ (EY3512–3522), 6 ♂♂ (EY3523–3528), Bekily, Feb. 1932 , Jan.-Mar., May and Dec. 1933 ; 2 ♀♀ ( CAS ), 2 ♀♀ ( BNHM , MRAC ), 3 ♂♂ ( AMNH , ISAM , NMKB ), same locality, same dates. Fig. 14. Pristomerus roberti sp. nov. A . ♀, habitus, profile. B . ♀, habitus, dorsal. C . ♀, head, facial. D . ♀, hind femur, profile. E . ♂, hind femur, profile. Description Female LENGTH. 4.1, 3.8 (3.6–4.3) ( 10 specimens ). HEAD. Constricted behind eyes. Vertex and temple granulate, frons laterally densely punctate-granulate. Ocellar triangle almost equilateral. Face about as wide as frons, mid-longitudinally bulging, shining and at least latero-medially punctate. Clypeus strongly transverse, smoother, moderately granulate. Mandible stout, malar line short. Antenna with 27–32 flagellomeres. MESOSOMA. Moderately elongate, nearly 2 x longer than high. Pronotum smooth with sparse punctures ventrally. Mesoscutum and all pleurae shining and densely punctate, speculum smooth. Scutellum moderately punctate. Propodeum with carination thick, densely punctate-granulate, area basalis opposite, area superomedia about 2 x longer than wide. Legs: hind femur with a small tooth. METASOMA. Post-petiole, tergite 2 and base of tergite 3 finely aciculate, the following alutaceous with rare punctures. Thyridia elongate. Ovipositor long, its apical third slightly sinuate. COLOR. Testaceous-orange. Mandible, clypeus, inner and outer orbits and sometimes face paler. Antenna fuscous. Post-petiole and tergites 2–3 dark brown. Tergite 1 and 2 with yellow hind margin. Tergite 3 paler at apex. Thyridiae yellow. Hind leg infuscate with apex of femur and dorsal margin of tibia paler. Wings hyaline, pterostigma dark brown. Male Length: 3.9 (3.7–4.1) ( 4 specimens ). Mesonotum almost smooth. Face ventrally widened and distinctly larger than frons. Posterior ocelli close to eyes (OOL = 0.2), inter-ocellar distance greater (POL = 0.6). Hind femur swollen, femoral tooth stout and sharp followed by a row of small denticles. Metasoma darker than in female. Hind coxa and femur orange, hind tibia and tarsus brown. Otherwise similar to female. Distribution Madagascar ( Toliara province ).