Revision of world species of the genus Oreiscelio Kieffer (Hymenoptera, Platygastroidea, Platygastridae)

By

Talamas, Elijah
Johnson, Norman F.
Van Noort, Simon
Masner, Lubomir
Polaszek, Andrew

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2009

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

6

Pages

1-68

Subjects

database , Distribution , key , monograph , Oreiscelio , Platygastridae , revision , Scelionidae

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.6.67

 

Abstract

The world species of the genus Oreiscelio Kieffer (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae) are revised. Nineteen species are recognized, of which four were previously named and are redescribed: O. sechellensis Kieffer (Seychelles), O. turneri Nixon (Botswana, Kenya, Namibia, Malawi, Mozambique, Somalia, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe), O. alluaudi (Risbec) (Madagascar) and O. rugosus Sundholm (South Africa). The following species are described as new: O. aequalis Talamas, n. sp. (Central African Republic); O. badius Talamas & Johnson, n. sp. (Botswana); O. coracinus Talamas & Johnson, n. sp. (Botswana, Cameroon, Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Yemen, Zimbabwe); O. cultrarius Talamas, n. sp. (Tanzania); O. gryphus Talamas & Johnson, n. sp. (Cameroon, Central African Republic); O. iommii Talamas, n. sp. (South Africa); O. magnipennis Talamas, n. sp. (Kenya, Uganda); O. majikununuensis van Noort, n. sp. (Tanzania); O. megadontus Talamas, n. sp. (Tanzania); O. naevus Talamas & Johnson, n. sp. (Madagascar); O. paradoxus Talamas, n. sp. (Uganda, Zimbabwe); O. rostratus Talamas & Masner, n. sp. (Madagascar); O. scapularis Talamas, n. sp. (Madagascar); O. zulu Talamas & Polaszek, n. sp. (South Africa); O. zuzkae Talamas & Johnson, n. sp. (Benin, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, Zimbabwe). An electronic version of the identification key is available at WaspWeb.