taxonID	type	description	language	source
C9C92FC1C34557A2B7A51C7FA3FB8613.taxon	description	Description (updated from Seyrig 1932). Size 9 - 11 mm. Color: head white with a large black central area on occiput, reaching eyes on vertex and pointed on frons; antenna black, without pale ring; mesosoma red; metasomal tergites I and II red, though tergite II sometimes brownish, following tergites black with large membranous white areas from tergite IV; legs red, hind femur, tibia and tarsus infuscate; wings with sparse microtrichia, venation brown, pterostigma brown and centrally translucent reddish. Head narrow, straight behind eyes; occiput deeply and angularly excavated, occipital carina strong, extending to lower gena at base of mandible; eyes very large; malar space almost half as long as mandibular basal width; face and clypeus finely, evenly and rather sparsely punctate on a shiny background; face with three lobes, tentorial pits deep; clypeus small, laterally convex with declivity, apically invaginated, with clypeal edge convex; mandibular teeth triangular, lower tooth longer than upper tooth; antenna long, slender and apically tapered. Mesosoma stout; mesonotum deeply punctate, inter-punctuate spaces about as wide as punctures, rather matt, but not coriaceous; keels distinctly raised on outer mesoscutal lobes of mesoscutum, notauli abbreviated, not reaching the scutellum; apex of scutellum rounded; pronotum shining with a distinct thickened carina on collar, sparsely and very finely punctate; mesopleuron higher than wide, sparsely but more deeply punctate, speculum similarly punctate, background hardly shining, epicnemial carina ending at anterior edge of mesopleuron; shallow pits on mesopleuron and propodeum; metapleuron matt and deeply punctate; propodeum weakly convex, roughly punctate dorsally, punctate posteriorly confluently grading into transverse wrinkles, posterior transverse carina reduced, lateral longitudinal carinae present but faint, spiracle roundish-elliptic and small. Metasoma hardly punctate at base of tergite II, indistinctly punctate beyond base; tergite I elongate, more than twice as long as wide, tapered anteriorly, glymma present, spiracle positioned slightly in front of middle and protruding, especially dorsally, with a distinct medial depression dorso-ventrally; tergite II longer than wide or subquadrate with gastrocoeli distinct; tergite III quadrate to transverse; metasomal tergites IV-VIII moderately laterally compressed; ovipositor sheath concealed or hardly protruding. Fore wing without ramellus on Rs-M vein; Rs hardly sinuate; areolet large and quadrate with a short stalk receiving 2 m-cu at center. Hind wing with Cu 1 shorter than cu-a such that Cu 2 arises above the middle of these combined veins. Legs very long; hind femur reaching beyond metasomal apex; length of tibia III plus tarsus III as long as body; spurs of tibia III longer than half metatarsal length; tarsal claws on hind leg simple. Male hardly different: temples a bit less narrowed behind eyes, metasomal tergite II entirely black.	en	Berry, Terry Reynolds, Noort, Simon van (2020): Revision of the endemic Afrotropical genus Tetractenion (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) with an identification key to genera of Banchinae for the region. ZooKeys 1007: 49-84, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1007.55543, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1007.55543
C9C92FC1C34557A2B7A51C7FA3FB8613.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Madagascar.	en	Berry, Terry Reynolds, Noort, Simon van (2020): Revision of the endemic Afrotropical genus Tetractenion (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) with an identification key to genera of Banchinae for the region. ZooKeys 1007: 49-84, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1007.55543, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1007.55543
50E52FFFBC5C5BA69CCBFCA596B53778.taxon	description	Description. Body mostly fulvous; tibia and tarsus III brown; metasomal tergites IV-VIII brown to nearly black; head with face and area around eyes white; frons and occiput dark brown to near black; mandibles yellow with base and tips brown. Sparse microtrichia on wings, venation and pterostigma brown. Head rounded behind eyes; occiput deeply and angularly excavated, occipital carina strong, extending to lower gena at mandibular base; malar space half as long as mandibular basal width; eyes very large; face and clypeus finely and evenly punctate on a shiny background; face with three lobes, tentorial pits deep; clypeus small, laterally convex with declivity, apically invaginated, clypeal edge convex; mandibular teeth triangular, lower tooth longer than upper tooth; clypeal and mandibular setae long; antenna long, slender and apically tapered. Mesosoma stout and deeply punctate on a shiny background; mesopleuron higher than wide, epicnemial carina ending at anterior edge of mesopleuron; deep pits on the mesopleuron and propodeum; pronotum moderately punctate on a shiny background with no more than a wrinkle on collar; mesososcutal lobes hardly present on mesoscutum, notauli posteriorly meeting before reaching the scutellum; propodeum weakly convex, posteriorly confluently grading into weak transverse wrinkles, posterior transverse carina indistinct, lateral longitudinal carinae reduced, spiracle small and circular. Metasoma with tergite I stout, tapered anteriorly, not distinctly dorso-ventrally compressed in medial region, glymma present, spiracle positioned in front of middle and protruding, especially dorsally, hardly punctate dorso-laterally, metasoma indistinctly punctate beyond and shining; gastrocoeli on tergite II indistinct; tergites II and III quadrate, tergites IV-VIII only slightly higher than wide. Fore wing without ramellus on Rs-M vein; areolet large and quadrate with a short stalk receiving 2 m-cu at center. Hind wing with Cu 1 shorter than cu-a such that Cu 2 arises above the middle of these combined veins. Legs very long; hind femur reaching beyond metasomal apex, length of tibia III plus tarsus III as long as body; spurs of tibia III longer than half metatarsal length; tarsal claws pectinate. CT 2.1; ML 0.5; IO 1.6; OO 1.6; Fl 1 4.3; OT 0.2; B 8.1 mm; A 8.1 mm; F 6.4 mm.	en	Berry, Terry Reynolds, Noort, Simon van (2020): Revision of the endemic Afrotropical genus Tetractenion (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) with an identification key to genera of Banchinae for the region. ZooKeys 1007: 49-84, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1007.55543, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1007.55543
50E52FFFBC5C5BA69CCBFCA596B53778.taxon	etymology	Etymology. Named after the type locality. Noun in apposition.	en	Berry, Terry Reynolds, Noort, Simon van (2020): Revision of the endemic Afrotropical genus Tetractenion (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) with an identification key to genera of Banchinae for the region. ZooKeys 1007: 49-84, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1007.55543, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1007.55543
50E52FFFBC5C5BA69CCBFCA596B53778.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Tanzania.	en	Berry, Terry Reynolds, Noort, Simon van (2020): Revision of the endemic Afrotropical genus Tetractenion (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) with an identification key to genera of Banchinae for the region. ZooKeys 1007: 49-84, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1007.55543, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1007.55543
0A80BD93D0BD5639B0C1EB219DF96898.taxon	description	Description (updated from Seyrig 1935). Size 7.6 - 10.4 mm. Color: head yellow with black marking on occiput to middle of frons, no contact with eyes on vertex; meso- and metasoma, fore and mid legs uniformly yellow, hind leg mostly yellow with shades of infuscation on tibia and tarsus infuscate; wings with dense microtrichia, venation brown, pterostigma yellow. Head with temple short, rounded behind eyes; occiput deeply and angularly excavated, occipital carina strong, extending to lower gena at base of mandible; eyes very large, malar space a bit shorter than width of mandibular base; face and clypeus finely, evenly and rather sparsely punctate on a matt background; face with three lobes, tentorial pits deep; clypeus small, laterally convex with declivity, apically invaginated, with clypeus edge convex; mandibular teeth triangular, lower tooth longer than upper tooth; antenna about as long as body, slender and apically tapered. Mesosoma stout, matt to sub-polished; pronotum finely punctate on a sub-polished background, no more than a wrinkle present on pronotal collar; mesoscutum moderately punctate, mesoscutal lobes hardly present, notauli posteriorly meeting before reaching the scutellum; mesonotum and mesopleuron finely punctate; mesopleuron higher than wide, epicnemial carina ending at anterior edge of mesopleuron; shallow pits on mesopleuron and propodeum; propodeum weakly convex, matt to sub-polished, moderately punctate posteriorly confluently grading into transverse wrinkles, posterior transverse carina reduced, lateral longitudinal carinae present but faint, spiracle small and circular-elliptical. Metasoma with a sub-polished background, anterior half of tergite I and dorso-lateral region of tergite II hardly punctate, indistinctly punctate beyond base; tergite I twice as long as wide, glymma present, tapered anteriorly, weak to indistinctly dorso-ventrally depressed in the medial region, spiracle positioned in front of middle and protruding, especially dorsally; tergite II longer than wide, gastrocoeli indistinct; tergite III quadrate. Fore wing with ramellus absent on Rs-M vein; areolet large and quadrate with a short stalk receiving 2 m-cu at center. Hind wing with Cu 1 shorter than cu-a such that Cu 2 arises above the middle of these combined veins. Legs very long; hind femur reaching beyond metasomal apex, length of tibia III plus tarsus III as long as body, spurs of tibia III longer than half metatarsal length; fore and mid tarsal claws pectinate, hind tarsal claws simple.	en	Berry, Terry Reynolds, Noort, Simon van (2020): Revision of the endemic Afrotropical genus Tetractenion (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) with an identification key to genera of Banchinae for the region. ZooKeys 1007: 49-84, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1007.55543, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1007.55543
0A80BD93D0BD5639B0C1EB219DF96898.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Namibia, Nigeria, and South Africa.	en	Berry, Terry Reynolds, Noort, Simon van (2020): Revision of the endemic Afrotropical genus Tetractenion (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) with an identification key to genera of Banchinae for the region. ZooKeys 1007: 49-84, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1007.55543, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1007.55543
C1BDA55814E75FED97533D531AAF9434.taxon	description	Description. Color: head brown, mandibles yellow from base to brown at apex. Antennae brown. Body yellow with red-brown areas on metanotum; tibia III with shades of infuscation, tarsus III infuscate. Wings with dense microtrichia, pterostigma yellow, venation brown. Head narrowed straight behind eyes; occiput deeply and angularly excavated, occipital carina strong, extending to lower gena at mandibular base; malar space nearly as long as basal mandibular width; eyes very large; face and clypeus features robust, mandibles large; face three-lobed and punctate on a shiny background, punctures on second lobe and clypeus deeper than punctures on lobes flanking eyes, tentorial pits deep; clypeus small, laterally convex with declivity, apically invaginated, clypeal edge convex; mandibular teeth triangular, lower tooth longer than upper tooth; antenna long, slender and apically tapered. Mesosoma stout and moderately punctate on a shiny background; pronotum with no more than a wrinkle on collar; mesoscutal lobes present on mesoscutum, notauli posteriorly meeting before reaching the scutellum; mesopleuron higher than wide, epicnemial carina present at ending at anterior edge of mesopleuron; shallow pits on mesopleuron and propodeum. Propodeum weakly convex, punctate and posteriorly confluently grading into transverse wrinkles, posterior transverse carina present and distinct, lateral longitudinal carinae present but faint, spiracle small and circular-elliptical. Metasoma indistinctly punctate on a shiny background; tergite I elongate, twice as long as wide, tapered anteriorly, dorso-ventrally compressed in the medial region, glymma present, spiracle positioned in front of middle and hardly protruding; tergite II longer than wide, gastrocoeli indistinct; tergite III longer than wide; tergites IV-VIII higher than wide. Fore wing without ramellus on Rs-M vein; areolet large and quadrate with a short stalk receiving 2 m-cu at center. Hind wing with Cu 1 shorter than cu-a such that Cu 2 arises above the middle of these combined veins. Legs very long, hind femur reaching beyond metasomal apex, length of tibia III plus tarsus III as long as body; spurs of tibia III longer than half metatarsal length; tarsal claws pectinate. Males: similar to females; ramellus present. CT 2 - 2.4; ML 0.7 - 0.9; IO 1.2 - 1.3; OO 1.6 - 2.1; Fl 1 4.5 - 4.8; OT 0.2; B 7.7 - 11.5 mm; A 11 - 14 mm; F 9.2 - 10 mm.	en	Berry, Terry Reynolds, Noort, Simon van (2020): Revision of the endemic Afrotropical genus Tetractenion (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) with an identification key to genera of Banchinae for the region. ZooKeys 1007: 49-84, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1007.55543, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1007.55543
C1BDA55814E75FED97533D531AAF9434.taxon	etymology	Etymology. Named after our colleague, Pascal Rousse, who first noted this to be a new species.	en	Berry, Terry Reynolds, Noort, Simon van (2020): Revision of the endemic Afrotropical genus Tetractenion (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) with an identification key to genera of Banchinae for the region. ZooKeys 1007: 49-84, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1007.55543, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1007.55543
C1BDA55814E75FED97533D531AAF9434.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Namibia and South Africa.	en	Berry, Terry Reynolds, Noort, Simon van (2020): Revision of the endemic Afrotropical genus Tetractenion (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) with an identification key to genera of Banchinae for the region. ZooKeys 1007: 49-84, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1007.55543, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1007.55543
FA2D41A4185953A785F2AFEAECBC8353.taxon	description	Description. The body color is the same as in Tetractenion luteum, except for density of microtrichia on the wings. Tetractenion pseudolutea has sparse microtrichia on the wings with yellow-brown venation, and the pterostigma is yellow. Head is rounded behind eyes; occiput deeply and angularly excavated, occipital carina strong, extending to lower gena at base of mandible; eyes very large, malar space more than half as long as wide as base of mandible; face and clypeus finely and evenly punctate, background hardly shining; face with three lobes, tentorial pits deep; clypeus small, laterally convex with declivity, apically invaginated, clypeal edge convex; mandibular teeth triangular, lower tooth longer than upper tooth; antennae long, slender and apically tapered. Mesosoma stout; mesoscutum deeply punctate, mesoscutal lobes hardly present, notauli posteriorly meeting before reaching the scutellum; pronotum finely punctate on a shiny background, no more than a wrinkle present on collar; mesopleuron and mesonotum finely punctate; mesopleuron higher than wide, epicnemial carina ending at anterior edge of mesopleuron; pits on mesopleuron and propodeum are shallow; propodeum weakly convex, finely punctate, posteriorly confluently grading into transverse wrinkles, posterior transverse carina reduced, lateral longitudinal carinae present but faint, spiracle small and circular-elliptical. Metasoma indistinctly punctate on a shiny background; tergite I twice as long as wide, tapered anteriorly, sometimes weakly dorso-ventrally depressed in the medial region, glymma present, spiracle positioned in front of middle and protruding, especially dorsally; tergite II longer than wide, gastrocoeli indistinct; tergite III longer than wide; tergites IV-VIII moderately laterally compressed. Fore wing with ramellus rarely present on Rs-M vein; areolet large, quadrate, with a short stalk receiving 2 m-cu at the center. Hind wing with Cu 1 shorter than cu-a such that Cu 2 arises above the middle of these combined veins. Legs very long, hind femur reaching beyond metasomal apex, length of tibia III plus tarsus III as long as body, spurs of tibia III longer than half metatarsal length; tarsal claws pectinate. CT 2.3; ML 0.6; IO 0.9 - 1.0; OO 1.7; Fl 1 4.6 - 5.6; OT 0.1; B 9.1 - 10.7 mm; A 11.3 - 11.8 mm; F 8.6 - 9.8 mm.	en	Berry, Terry Reynolds, Noort, Simon van (2020): Revision of the endemic Afrotropical genus Tetractenion (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) with an identification key to genera of Banchinae for the region. ZooKeys 1007: 49-84, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1007.55543, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1007.55543
FA2D41A4185953A785F2AFEAECBC8353.taxon	etymology	Etymology. This species at first glance appears to be identical in coloration to T. luteum but has morphological differences.	en	Berry, Terry Reynolds, Noort, Simon van (2020): Revision of the endemic Afrotropical genus Tetractenion (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) with an identification key to genera of Banchinae for the region. ZooKeys 1007: 49-84, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1007.55543, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1007.55543
FA2D41A4185953A785F2AFEAECBC8353.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Angola, Cameroon, Namibia, and South Africa.	en	Berry, Terry Reynolds, Noort, Simon van (2020): Revision of the endemic Afrotropical genus Tetractenion (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) with an identification key to genera of Banchinae for the region. ZooKeys 1007: 49-84, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1007.55543, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1007.55543
6192521500945E63A78F936A6B4EA3CF.taxon	description	Description. Color: head and pronotum reddish, black area restricted to region of ocelli. Body, legs, antennae yellow. Wings with sparse microtrichia, venation yellow, pterostigma yellow. Head rounded behind eyes; occiput deeply and angularly excavated, occipital carina strong, extending to lower gena at mandibular base; malar space nearly as long as basal mandibular width; eyes very large; face and clypeus moderately and evenly punctate on a shiny background; face with three lobes, tentorial pits deep; clypeus small, laterally convex with declivity, apically invaginated, clypeal edge convex; mandibular teeth triangular, lower tooth longer than upper tooth; antenna long, slender and apically tapered. Mesosoma stout with a shiny background; mesopleuron moderately punctate, epicnemial carina ending at anterior edge of mesopleuron; pits on the mesopleuron and propodeum shallow; mesonotum moderately punctate; pronotum sparsely and finely punctate on a shiny background with a well-defined carina on collar; mesoscutum deeply punctate, mesoscutal lobes hardly present, notauli posteriorly meeting before reaching the scutellum; propodeum weakly convex, deeply punctate posteriorly confluently grading into transverse wrinkles, posterior transverse carina indistinct, lateral longitudinal carinae present, spiracle small and round. Metasoma indistinctly punctate on a shiny background; tergite I more than twice as long as wide, tapered anteriorly, slight dorso-ventral depression in medial region, glymma present, spiracle in front of middle and protruding; tergites II and III longer than wide; gastrocoeli on tergite II indistinct; tergites IV-VIII higher than wide. Hind wing with Cu 1 shorter than cu-a such that Cu 2 arises above the middle of these combined veins. Legs very long, hind femur reaching beyond metasomal apex, length of tibia III plus tarsus III as long as body, spurs of tibia III longer than half metatarsal length; tarsal claws pectinate. CT 1.6; ML 0.9; IO 1.4; OO 2.2; Fl 1 3.5; B 9.3 mm; F 8.6 mm.	en	Berry, Terry Reynolds, Noort, Simon van (2020): Revision of the endemic Afrotropical genus Tetractenion (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) with an identification key to genera of Banchinae for the region. ZooKeys 1007: 49-84, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1007.55543, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1007.55543
6192521500945E63A78F936A6B4EA3CF.taxon	etymology	Etymology. Named because of the reddish color of the head and pronotal collar. Noun in apposition.	en	Berry, Terry Reynolds, Noort, Simon van (2020): Revision of the endemic Afrotropical genus Tetractenion (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) with an identification key to genera of Banchinae for the region. ZooKeys 1007: 49-84, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1007.55543, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1007.55543
6192521500945E63A78F936A6B4EA3CF.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Cameroon.	en	Berry, Terry Reynolds, Noort, Simon van (2020): Revision of the endemic Afrotropical genus Tetractenion (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) with an identification key to genera of Banchinae for the region. ZooKeys 1007: 49-84, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1007.55543, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1007.55543
936C2604C3E25A6EA4FE76721892F599.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis (updated from Townes 1969). Fore wing 6.4 - 10 mm long. Body of moderate proportions, the hind legs long. Frons unarmed. Head with three lobes on the face, tentorial pits deep; clypeus small, laterally convex with declivity, apically invaginated, with clypeal edge convex. Antennae long and slender, apically tapered. Teeth of mandible both triangular, the lower tooth longer than the upper tooth. Labium not elongate. Occipital carina joining hypostomal carina at the base of mandible. Epicnemial carina present and ending at anterior edge of mesopleuron. Apex of scutellum rounded, notauli present. Propodeum weakly convex, often with transverse wrinkling and with a posterior transverse carina and lateral longitudinal carinae present, but faint or reduced. Pro-and meso-tarsal claws pectinate to apex, meta-tarsal claws pectinate or simple. Areolet is often large and rhomboidal with a short stalk, receiving 2 m-cu at center. Fore wing with cu-a opposite 1 A or a little distad, ramellus present or absent on 1 m-cu. Hind wing with Cu 1 shorter than cu-a such that Cu 2 arises above the middle of these combined veins. Metasomal tergite I without dorsolateral carinae. Epipleura of tergites II and III ca. 0.15 x as wide as long. Posterior third of metasoma moderately laterally compressed. Ovipositor sheath ca. 0.1 - 0.2 x as long as hind tibia.	en	Berry, Terry Reynolds, Noort, Simon van (2020): Revision of the endemic Afrotropical genus Tetractenion (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) with an identification key to genera of Banchinae for the region. ZooKeys 1007: 49-84, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1007.55543, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1007.55543
936C2604C3E25A6EA4FE76721892F599.taxon	biology_ecology	Biology. Unknown.	en	Berry, Terry Reynolds, Noort, Simon van (2020): Revision of the endemic Afrotropical genus Tetractenion (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) with an identification key to genera of Banchinae for the region. ZooKeys 1007: 49-84, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1007.55543, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1007.55543
936C2604C3E25A6EA4FE76721892F599.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Angola, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Madagascar, Namibia, Nigeria, South Africa.	en	Berry, Terry Reynolds, Noort, Simon van (2020): Revision of the endemic Afrotropical genus Tetractenion (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) with an identification key to genera of Banchinae for the region. ZooKeys 1007: 49-84, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1007.55543, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1007.55543
