The family Ismaridae Thomson (Hymenoptera, Diaprioidea): first record for the Afrotropical region with description of fourteen new species

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 17 Oct 2018 United Kingdom Publisher:Pensoft PublishersJournal:African Invertebrates, volume 59, pages 127-163 (issn: 1681-5556, eissn: 2305-2562,

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Authors: Kim,Chang-Jun; Copeland,Robert; Notton,David;

doi: 10.3897/afrinvertebr.59.24403

handle: 10141/622418

The family Ismaridae Thomson (Hymenoptera, Diaprioidea): first record for the Afrotropical region with description of fourteen new species

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The family Ismaridae Thomson, 1858 is reported from the Afrotropical region for the first time. A total of 15 species are recognised, 14 of which are described as new: Ismarusafricanussp. n. from Cameroon, Kenya, Malawi, South Africa; I.apertussp. n. from Kenya; I.bicolorsp. n. from Cameroon, Kenya; I.goodrichisp. n. from Kenya; I.kakamegensissp. n. from Kenya; I.kenyensissp. n. from Kenya; I.laevigatussp. n. from South Africa; I.madagascariensissp. n. from Madagascar; I.minutussp. n. from Kenya, Malawi, Zimbabwe; I.nigrofasciatussp. n. from Malawi, Uganda; I.notaulicussp. n. from Kenya; I.rawlinsisp. n. from Kenya, Malawi; I.steinerisp. n. from Madagascar; I.watshamisp. n. from Botswana, Malawi, South Africa, Zimbabwe. Ismarushalidayi Förster is reported for continental Africa from South Africa (new record). We provide an identification key to all species in Afrotropical region.

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Keywords

Insecta, Arthropoda, Kulbastavia, Science, Hymenopterida, Nephrozoa, review, Protostomia, Basal, Carbotriplurida, QH1-199.5, Circumscriptional names of the taxon under, Diapriidae, key, Diaprioidea, Ismarinae, Bilateria, Animalia, Eumetabola, Africa; Ismarus; key; new distribution record; new species; review, new distribution record, QH540-549.5, Ismarus, key, new species, Pterygota, Ecology, Q, General. Including nature conservation, geographical distribution, Cephalornis, Strashila incredibilis, Mesoserphidae, Ismarus, Hymenoptera, Circumscriptional names, Boltonocostidae, Tiphiinae, Notchia, Circumscriptional name, Africa, Ecdysozoa, Coelenterata

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