taxonID	type	description	language	source
275EBF75EBCD78CD5098B63526A6CEF9.taxon	description	Description. Female body length: 3.52 - 3.64 mm (n = 2). Male body length: 3.40 - 4.48 mm (n = 2). Shape of compound eye: not or only slightly bulging. Color pattern of pilosity below anterior ocellus in female: predominantly white throughout. Sculpture of frons in female: reticulate rugulose, sculpture finer, typically without dorsoventral trend. Genal carina in female: present. Width of gena in lateral view: weakly expanded, posterior margin parallel to posterior margin of eye. Density of genal setae: moderately to highly dense, setae conspicuous. Color of genal setae: white to off-white. Sculpture of base of mandible in female: minutely reticulate. Color of A 1 in female: light to dark brown throughout, or with apex and base slightly lighter, often yellowish. Color of A 3 in female: brown. Sculpture of dorsal pronotal nucha in female: predominantly to completely sculptured. Color of pilosity of pronotal shoulder in female: predominantly white to off-white. Sculpture along humeral margin of mesoscutum: well-defined throughout. Color of pilosity of mesonotum in female: predominantly white to off-white. Transition from lateral to posterior margin of propodeum in dorsal view: forming distinct angle, corner of propodeum well defined. Shape of mesoscutum in lateral view: more or less flat. Pilosity on metapleuron above hind coxa: glabrous or with few scattered setae. Form of fore wing submarginal vein in female: tubular throughout from base to costal margin. Fine pilosity of lateral T 1 in female: absent. Width of metasoma: moderately wide, width of S 3 1.5 - 1.6 times medial length. Distribution of pilosity on T 2 - T 5 in female: more or less evenly distributed throughout. Sculpture of T 3 in female: longitudinally striate throughout. Overall sculpture of S 3: with dense, fine longitudinal carinae. Sculpture of medial S 3 in female: present throughout.	en	Yoder, Matthew J., Valerio, Alejandro A., Polaszek, Andrew, Noort, Simon van, Masner, Lubomir, Johnson, Norman F. (2014): Monograph of the Afrotropical species of Scelio Latreille (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae), egg parasitoids of acridid grasshoppers (Orthoptera, Acrididae). ZooKeys 380: 1-188, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755
275EBF75EBCD78CD5098B63526A6CEF9.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Similar to Scelio taylori which shares the presence of the well-developed genal carina (cf. Figs 102, 108, 114, gc). Differing from all individuals of Scelio taylori by the the completely white pilosity of the mesoscutum (and throughout body), the fine and relatively dense reticulations of the mesoscutum (cells larger, more robust in Scelio taylori, compare Figs 39 and 99) and, in most individuals, by the color of A 1 (only rarely dark brown in Scelio taylori, and these individuals are distinctly larger and darker throughout).	en	Yoder, Matthew J., Valerio, Alejandro A., Polaszek, Andrew, Noort, Simon van, Masner, Lubomir, Johnson, Norman F. (2014): Monograph of the Afrotropical species of Scelio Latreille (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae), egg parasitoids of acridid grasshoppers (Orthoptera, Acrididae). ZooKeys 380: 1-188, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755
275EBF75EBCD78CD5098B63526A6CEF9.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The epithet is a Latin participle, meaning clothed in white, in reference to the pilosity of the mesoscutum.	en	Yoder, Matthew J., Valerio, Alejandro A., Polaszek, Andrew, Noort, Simon van, Masner, Lubomir, Johnson, Norman F. (2014): Monograph of the Afrotropical species of Scelio Latreille (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae), egg parasitoids of acridid grasshoppers (Orthoptera, Acrididae). ZooKeys 380: 1-188, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755
BE75D65856C3AF33BEBE235E29A2F203.taxon	description	Description. Female body length: 3.18 - 4.21 mm (n = 16). Shape of compound eye: not or only slightly bulging. Color pattern of pilosity below anterior ocellus in female: predominantly white throughout. Sculpture of frons in female: reticulate rugulose, sculpture finer, typically without dorsoventral trend. Genal carina in female: absent. Width of gena in lateral view: weakly expanded, posterior margin parallel to posterior margin of eye. Density of genal setae: moderately to highly dense, setae conspicuous. Color of genal setae: white to off-white. Sculpture of base of mandible in female: minutely reticulate. Color of A 1 in female: yellow throughout; light to dark brown throughout, or with apex and base slightly lighter, often yellowish. Color of A 3 in female: brown. Sculpture of dorsal pronotal nucha in female: predominantly to completely sculptured. Color of pilosity of pronotal shoulder in female: predominantly white to off-white. Sculpture along humeral margin of mesoscutum: well-defined throughout. Color of pilosity of mesonotum in female: predominantly light to dark brown. Transition from lateral to posterior margin of propodeum in dorsal view: forming distinct angle, corner of propodeum well defined. Shape of mesoscutum in lateral view: bulging in anterior third. Pilosity on metapleuron above hind coxa: glabrous or with few scattered setae. Form of fore wing submarginal vein in female: tubular throughout from base to costal margin. Fine pilosity of lateral T 1 in female: present. Width of metasoma: very wide, width of S 3> 2 times medial length. Distribution of pilosity on T 2 - T 5 in female: more or less evenly distributed throughout. Sculpture of T 3 in female: longitudinally striate throughout; longitudinally striate laterally with prominent reticulate to rugulose elements medially. Overall sculpture of S 3: with dense, fine longitudinal carinae. Sculpture of medial S 3 in female: present throughout; with broadly obliterated or with distinct smooth patch.	en	Yoder, Matthew J., Valerio, Alejandro A., Polaszek, Andrew, Noort, Simon van, Masner, Lubomir, Johnson, Norman F. (2014): Monograph of the Afrotropical species of Scelio Latreille (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae), egg parasitoids of acridid grasshoppers (Orthoptera, Acrididae). ZooKeys 380: 1-188, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755
BE75D65856C3AF33BEBE235E29A2F203.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Similar to other Afrotropical ernstii-group species without a genal carina. Most similar to Scelio copelandi but differing from this species by slightly more compact reticulations of the mesonotum (compare Figs 36 and 65), and the slightly more reticulate sculpture of the face (trending to dorsoventrally striate in Scelio copelandi).	en	Yoder, Matthew J., Valerio, Alejandro A., Polaszek, Andrew, Noort, Simon van, Masner, Lubomir, Johnson, Norman F. (2014): Monograph of the Afrotropical species of Scelio Latreille (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae), egg parasitoids of acridid grasshoppers (Orthoptera, Acrididae). ZooKeys 380: 1-188, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755
BE75D65856C3AF33BEBE235E29A2F203.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The epithet is used as a noun in apposition derived from the Greek word for unclad or naked, in reference to the confusingly plain and relatively unremarkable species.	en	Yoder, Matthew J., Valerio, Alejandro A., Polaszek, Andrew, Noort, Simon van, Masner, Lubomir, Johnson, Norman F. (2014): Monograph of the Afrotropical species of Scelio Latreille (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae), egg parasitoids of acridid grasshoppers (Orthoptera, Acrididae). ZooKeys 380: 1-188, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755
8C9B113D12EA258ADA0536FDA09439EB.taxon	description	Description. Female body length: 3.45 mm (n = 1). Shape of compound eye: not or only slightly bulging. Color pattern of pilosity below anterior ocellus in female: brown throughout. Sculpture of frons in female: reticulate rugulose, rugae finer, with slight dorsoventral trend. Genal carina in female: absent. Width of gena in lateral view: weakly expanded, posterior margin parallel to posterior margin of eye. Density of genal setae: sparse, setae generally inconspicuous. Color of genal setae: white to off-white. Sculpture of base of mandible in female: smooth. Color of A 1 in female: light to dark brown throughout, or with apex and base slightly lighter, often yellowish. Color of A 3 in female: brown. Sculpture of dorsal pronotal nucha in female: predominantly to completely sculptured. Color of pilosity of pronotal shoulder in female: predominantly light brown to brown. Sculpture along humeral margin of mesoscutum: with effaced areas. Color of pilosity of mesonotum in female: predominantly light to dark brown. Transition from lateral to posterior margin of propodeum in dorsal view: smoothly curved, corner of propodeum undefined. Shape of mesoscutum in lateral view: more or less flat. Pilosity on metapleuron above hind coxa: with large patch of dense fine setae. Form of fore wing submarginal vein in female: tubular throughout from base to costal margin. Fine pilosity of lateral T 1 in female: present. Width of metasoma: very wide, width of S 3> 2 times medial length. Distribution of pilosity on T 2 - T 5 in female: more or less evenly distributed throughout. Sculpture of T 3 in female: longitudinally striate laterally with prominent reticulate to rugulose elements medially. Overall sculpture of S 3: coarsely reticulate. Sculpture of medial S 3 in female: present throughout.	en	Yoder, Matthew J., Valerio, Alejandro A., Polaszek, Andrew, Noort, Simon van, Masner, Lubomir, Johnson, Norman F. (2014): Monograph of the Afrotropical species of Scelio Latreille (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae), egg parasitoids of acridid grasshoppers (Orthoptera, Acrididae). ZooKeys 380: 1-188, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755
8C9B113D12EA258ADA0536FDA09439EB.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Most similar to Scelio chapmani, with which it shares the dense patch of pilosity above the hind coxa on the posterolateral corner of the metapleuron (Fig. 46). This species may be distinguished from Scelio chapmani by the sparse brown pilosity of the gena (dense and white in Scelio chapmani), the the more or less rounded posterior propodeal margin (distinctly truncate with sharp lateral corner in Scelio chapmani), and the thin strip of obliterated sculpture along the humeral margin of the mesoscutum (sculptured throughout in Scelio chapmani, compare Figs 45 and 57).	en	Yoder, Matthew J., Valerio, Alejandro A., Polaszek, Andrew, Noort, Simon van, Masner, Lubomir, Johnson, Norman F. (2014): Monograph of the Afrotropical species of Scelio Latreille (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae), egg parasitoids of acridid grasshoppers (Orthoptera, Acrididae). ZooKeys 380: 1-188, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755
8C9B113D12EA258ADA0536FDA09439EB.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The epithet is Latin, for meddler or busybody, and is used as a noun in apposition. This refers to the odd character combinations that meddle with an otherwise straightforwardly defined species group, and rhymes nicely.	en	Yoder, Matthew J., Valerio, Alejandro A., Polaszek, Andrew, Noort, Simon van, Masner, Lubomir, Johnson, Norman F. (2014): Monograph of the Afrotropical species of Scelio Latreille (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae), egg parasitoids of acridid grasshoppers (Orthoptera, Acrididae). ZooKeys 380: 1-188, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755
6F6867AB4D7E1DADD493FB9EA39F3166.taxon	description	Description. Female body length: 4.79 mm (n = 1). Shape of compound eye: not or only slightly bulging. Color pattern of pilosity below anterior ocellus in female: predominantly white throughout. Sculpture of frons in female: reticulate rugose, rugae somewhat thickened, without dorsoventral trend. Genal carina in female: absent. Width of gena in lateral view: weakly expanded, posterior margin parallel to posterior margin of eye. Density of genal setae: moderately to highly dense, setae conspicuous. Color of genal setae: white to off-white. Sculpture of base of mandible in female: minutely reticulate. Color of A 1 in female: light to dark brown throughout, or with apex and base slightly lighter, often yellowish. Color of A 3 in female: brown. Sculpture of dorsal pronotal nucha in female: predominantly to completely sculptured. Color of pilosity of pronotal shoulder in female: predominantly light brown to brown. Sculpture along humeral margin of mesoscutum: well-defined throughout. Color of pilosity of mesonotum in female: predominantly light to dark brown. Transition from lateral to posterior margin of propodeum in dorsal view: forming distinct angle, corner of propodeum well defined. Shape of mesoscutum in lateral view: bulging in anterior third. Pilosity on metapleuron above hind coxa: glabrous or with few scattered setae. Form of fore wing submarginal vein in female: tubular throughout from base to costal margin. Fine pilosity of lateral T 1 in female: present. Width of metasoma: very wide, width of S 3> 2 times medial length. Distribution of pilosity on T 2 - T 5 in female: more or less evenly distributed throughout. Sculpture of T 3 in female: longitudinally striate laterally with prominent reticulate to rugulose elements medially. Overall sculpture of S 3: with sparse, fine longitudinal carinae. Sculpture of medial S 3 in female: with broadly obliterated or with distinct smooth patch.	en	Yoder, Matthew J., Valerio, Alejandro A., Polaszek, Andrew, Noort, Simon van, Masner, Lubomir, Johnson, Norman F. (2014): Monograph of the Afrotropical species of Scelio Latreille (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae), egg parasitoids of acridid grasshoppers (Orthoptera, Acrididae). ZooKeys 380: 1-188, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755
6F6867AB4D7E1DADD493FB9EA39F3166.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Most similar to species that share the absence of the genal carina (Scelio copelandi, Scelio aphares, Scelio phaeoprora, Scelio exophthalmus and Scelio mauritanicus). Scelio bayanga differs from all these by the combination of size (larger), width of gena (very broad), and sculpture of the mesoscutum (robustly reticulate, with large cells).	en	Yoder, Matthew J., Valerio, Alejandro A., Polaszek, Andrew, Noort, Simon van, Masner, Lubomir, Johnson, Norman F. (2014): Monograph of the Afrotropical species of Scelio Latreille (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae), egg parasitoids of acridid grasshoppers (Orthoptera, Acrididae). ZooKeys 380: 1-188, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755
6F6867AB4D7E1DADD493FB9EA39F3166.taxon	etymology	Etymology. A reference to the locality on the label of the holotype. The epithet is used as a noun in apposition.	en	Yoder, Matthew J., Valerio, Alejandro A., Polaszek, Andrew, Noort, Simon van, Masner, Lubomir, Johnson, Norman F. (2014): Monograph of the Afrotropical species of Scelio Latreille (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae), egg parasitoids of acridid grasshoppers (Orthoptera, Acrididae). ZooKeys 380: 1-188, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755
9CCF05CC2DDFCC7C2B2633E5AC4B8E53.taxon	description	Description. Female body length: 3.16 - 4.10 mm (n = 20). Male body length: 3.24 - 3.96 mm (n = 13). Shape of compound eye: not or only slightly bulging. Color pattern of pilosity below anterior ocellus in female: predominantly white throughout. Sculpture of frons in female: reticulate rugulose, sculpture finer, typically without dorsoventral trend. Genal carina in female: absent. Width of gena in lateral view: strongly bulging, posterior margin diverging ventrally from posterior margin of eye. Density of genal setae: moderately to highly dense, setae conspicuous. Color of genal setae: white to off-white. Sculpture of base of mandible in female: minutely reticulate. Color of A 1 in female: yellow throughout. Color of A 3 in female: yellow; brown; yellow basally, darkening to brown near apex. Sculpture of dorsal pronotal nucha in female: predominantly to completely sculptured. Color of pilosity of pronotal shoulder in female: predominantly white to off-white. Sculpture along humeral margin of mesoscutum: well-defined throughout. Color of pilosity of mesonotum in female: predominantly light to dark brown. Transition from lateral to posterior margin of propodeum in dorsal view: forming distinct angle, corner of propodeum well defined. Shape of mesoscutum in lateral view: more or less flat. Pilosity on metapleuron above hind coxa: with large patch of dense fine setae. Form of fore wing submarginal vein in female: tubular throughout from base to costal margin. Fine pilosity of lateral T 1 in female: present. Width of metasoma: moderately wide, width of S 3 1.5 - 1.6 times medial length. Distribution of pilosity on T 2 - T 5 in female: more or less evenly distributed throughout. Sculpture of T 3 in female: longitudinally striate throughout. Overall sculpture of S 3: with dense, fine longitudinal carinae. Sculpture of medial S 3 in female: present throughout; with broadly obliterated or with distinct smooth patch.	en	Yoder, Matthew J., Valerio, Alejandro A., Polaszek, Andrew, Noort, Simon van, Masner, Lubomir, Johnson, Norman F. (2014): Monograph of the Afrotropical species of Scelio Latreille (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae), egg parasitoids of acridid grasshoppers (Orthoptera, Acrididae). ZooKeys 380: 1-188, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755
9CCF05CC2DDFCC7C2B2633E5AC4B8E53.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Males and females are easily distinguished from all Afrotropical ernstii-group species except Scelio ardelio by the presence of a large setose patch (Fig. 58) above the hind coxa. This species may be separated from Scelio ardelio by the dense white pilosity of the gena (fine, sparse and brown in Scelio ardelio) and the well-developed posterior propodeal margin (more or less rounded in Scelio ardelio).	en	Yoder, Matthew J., Valerio, Alejandro A., Polaszek, Andrew, Noort, Simon van, Masner, Lubomir, Johnson, Norman F. (2014): Monograph of the Afrotropical species of Scelio Latreille (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae), egg parasitoids of acridid grasshoppers (Orthoptera, Acrididae). ZooKeys 380: 1-188, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755
048C8A0FE21F2F4DF0041F2C6537BD0C.taxon	description	Description. Female body length: 3.38 - 3.86 mm (n = 21). Male body length: 3.28 - 3.89 mm (n = 12). Shape of compound eye: not or only slightly bulging. Color pattern of pilosity below anterior ocellus in female: predominantly white throughout. Sculpture of frons in female: reticulate rugulose, rugae finer, with slight dorsoventral trend. Genal carina in female: absent. Width of gena in lateral view: weakly expanded, posterior margin parallel to posterior margin of eye. Density of genal setae: moderately to highly dense, setae conspicuous. Color of genal setae: white to off-white. Sculpture of base of mandible in female: minutely reticulate. Color of A 1 in female: light to dark brown throughout, or with apex and base slightly lighter, often yellowish. Color of A 3 in female: brown. Sculpture of dorsal pronotal nucha in female: predominantly to completely sculptured. Color of pilosity of pronotal shoulder in female: predominantly white to off-white. Sculpture along humeral margin of mesoscutum: well-defined throughout. Color of pilosity of mesonotum in female: predominantly light to dark brown. Transition from lateral to posterior margin of propodeum in dorsal view: forming distinct angle, corner of propodeum well defined. Shape of mesoscutum in lateral view: bulging in anterior third. Pilosity on metapleuron above hind coxa: glabrous or with few scattered setae. Form of fore wing submarginal vein in female: tubular throughout from base to costal margin. Fine pilosity of lateral T 1 in female: absent. Width of metasoma: very wide, width of S 3> 2 times medial length. Distribution of pilosity on T 2 - T 5 in female: more or less evenly distributed throughout. Sculpture of T 3 in female: longitudinally striate throughout. Overall sculpture of S 3: with dense, fine longitudinal carinae. Sculpture of medial S 3 in female: with broadly obliterated or with distinct smooth patch.	en	Yoder, Matthew J., Valerio, Alejandro A., Polaszek, Andrew, Noort, Simon van, Masner, Lubomir, Johnson, Norman F. (2014): Monograph of the Afrotropical species of Scelio Latreille (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae), egg parasitoids of acridid grasshoppers (Orthoptera, Acrididae). ZooKeys 380: 1-188, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755
048C8A0FE21F2F4DF0041F2C6537BD0C.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Most similar to Scelio aphares, which shares the absence of genal carina, the absence of a bulging eye, the bushy pilosity of the gena (for presence see Fig. 78), and the absence of brown setae on the frons near the ventral portion of the eye (for presence see Fig. 95). Differing by sculpture of the mesoscutum, with a longitudinal trend and slightly larger cells (Fig. 63), and sculpture of the face finer, with a slight dorsoventral trend (Fig. 65, compare with reticulate pattern in Scelio aphares, Fig. 35).	en	Yoder, Matthew J., Valerio, Alejandro A., Polaszek, Andrew, Noort, Simon van, Masner, Lubomir, Johnson, Norman F. (2014): Monograph of the Afrotropical species of Scelio Latreille (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae), egg parasitoids of acridid grasshoppers (Orthoptera, Acrididae). ZooKeys 380: 1-188, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755
048C8A0FE21F2F4DF0041F2C6537BD0C.taxon	etymology	Etymology. Named in reference to the collector, R. Copeland.	en	Yoder, Matthew J., Valerio, Alejandro A., Polaszek, Andrew, Noort, Simon van, Masner, Lubomir, Johnson, Norman F. (2014): Monograph of the Afrotropical species of Scelio Latreille (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae), egg parasitoids of acridid grasshoppers (Orthoptera, Acrididae). ZooKeys 380: 1-188, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755
A954C07AA0CDC6CBDFD357A180B8C2E8.taxon	description	Description. Female body length: 3.52 - 4.28 mm (n = 24). Male body length: 3.36 - 3.52 mm (n = 2). Shape of compound eye: not or only slightly bulging. Color pattern of pilosity below anterior ocellus in female: predominantly white throughout. Sculpture of frons in female: reticulate rugulose, sculpture finer, typically without dorsoventral trend. Genal carina in female: present. Width of gena in lateral view: weakly expanded, posterior margin parallel to posterior margin of eye. Density of genal setae: moderately to highly dense, setae conspicuous. Color of genal setae: white to off-white. Sculpture of base of mandible in female: minutely reticulate. Color of A 1 in female: yellow throughout. Color of A 3 in female: yellow basally, darkening to brown near apex. Sculpture of dorsal pronotal nucha in female: predominantly to completely sculptured. Color of pilosity of pronotal shoulder in female: predominantly white to off-white. Sculpture along humeral margin of mesoscutum: well-defined throughout. Color of pilosity of mesonotum in female: predominantly light to dark brown. Transition from lateral to posterior margin of propodeum in dorsal view: forming distinct angle, corner of propodeum well defined. Shape of mesoscutum in lateral view: bulging in anterior third. Pilosity on metapleuron above hind coxa: glabrous or with few scattered setae. Form of fore wing submarginal vein in female: nebulous at or just before upcurve to marginal vein, not reaching margin as a tubular vein; tubular throughout from base to costal margin. Fine pilosity of lateral T 1 in female: absent. Width of metasoma: moderately wide, width of S 3 1.5 - 1.6 times medial length. Distribution of pilosity on T 2 - T 5 in female: individual tergites glabrous anteriorly, densely setose posteriorly. Sculpture of T 3 in female: longitudinally striate laterally with prominent reticulate to rugulose elements medially. Overall sculpture of S 3: with dense, fine longitudinal carinae. Sculpture of medial S 3 in female: present throughout.	en	Yoder, Matthew J., Valerio, Alejandro A., Polaszek, Andrew, Noort, Simon van, Masner, Lubomir, Johnson, Norman F. (2014): Monograph of the Afrotropical species of Scelio Latreille (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae), egg parasitoids of acridid grasshoppers (Orthoptera, Acrididae). ZooKeys 380: 1-188, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755
A954C07AA0CDC6CBDFD357A180B8C2E8.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Differs from all other Afrotropical ernstii-group species except Scelio janseni by the setal pattern of the lateral tergites (Figs 68, 80). Differing from Scelio janseni in size (smaller), sculpture of the frons (finer), width of metasoma (much narrower), type and density of sculpture on the metasoma (finer, more compact, longitudinal, with S 3 sculptured more or less throughout), and development of the S 3 felt field (very reduced and not or barely elevated).	en	Yoder, Matthew J., Valerio, Alejandro A., Polaszek, Andrew, Noort, Simon van, Masner, Lubomir, Johnson, Norman F. (2014): Monograph of the Afrotropical species of Scelio Latreille (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae), egg parasitoids of acridid grasshoppers (Orthoptera, Acrididae). ZooKeys 380: 1-188, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755
A954C07AA0CDC6CBDFD357A180B8C2E8.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The epithet is used as a genitive noun derived from the French name for the one of the Thompson twin detective characters in Tintin comics. The two were always being confused with one another. See also Scelio janseni.	en	Yoder, Matthew J., Valerio, Alejandro A., Polaszek, Andrew, Noort, Simon van, Masner, Lubomir, Johnson, Norman F. (2014): Monograph of the Afrotropical species of Scelio Latreille (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae), egg parasitoids of acridid grasshoppers (Orthoptera, Acrididae). ZooKeys 380: 1-188, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755
31B96E2E781A84D402E548A148B954D8.taxon	description	Description. Female body length: 3.32 - 3.91 mm (n = 9). Shape of compound eye: conspicuously bulging. Color pattern of pilosity below anterior ocellus in female: predominantly white throughout. Sculpture of frons in female: reticulate rugulose, sculp ture finer, typically without dorsoventral trend. Genal carina in female: absent. Width of gena in lateral view: strongly bulging, posterior margin diverging ventrally from posterior margin of eye. Density of genal setae: moderately to highly dense, setae conspicuous. Color of genal setae: white to off-white. Sculpture of base of mandible in female: minutely reticulate. Color of A 1 in female: yellow throughout. Color of A 3 in female: brown. Sculpture of dorsal pronotal nucha in female: predominantly to completely sculptured. Color of pilosity of pronotal shoulder in female: predominantly white to off-white. Sculpture along humeral margin of mesoscutum: well-defined throughout. Color of pilosity of mesonotum in female: predominantly light to dark brown. Transition from lateral to posterior margin of propodeum in dorsal view: forming distinct angle, corner of propodeum well defined. Shape of mesoscutum in lateral view: bulging in anterior third. Pilosity on metapleuron above hind coxa: glabrous or with few scattered setae. Form of fore wing submarginal vein in female: tubular throughout from base to costal margin. Fine pilosity of lateral T 1 in female: present. Width of metasoma: moderately wide, width of S 3 1.5 - 1.6 times medial length. Distribution of pilosity on T 2 - T 5 in female: more or less evenly distributed throughout. Sculpture of T 3 in female: longitudinally striate laterally with prominent reticulate to rugulose elements medially. Overall sculpture of S 3: with dense, fine longitudinal carinae. Sculpture of medial S 3 in female: with broadly obliterated or with distinct smooth patch.	en	Yoder, Matthew J., Valerio, Alejandro A., Polaszek, Andrew, Noort, Simon van, Masner, Lubomir, Johnson, Norman F. (2014): Monograph of the Afrotropical species of Scelio Latreille (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae), egg parasitoids of acridid grasshoppers (Orthoptera, Acrididae). ZooKeys 380: 1-188, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755
31B96E2E781A84D402E548A148B954D8.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Differs from all similar species without a genal carina by the combination of the presence of very bushy pilosity on the gena, the bulging eye (Fig. 78) the reticulate sculpture of medial T 3, and the sculptured pronotal nucha.	en	Yoder, Matthew J., Valerio, Alejandro A., Polaszek, Andrew, Noort, Simon van, Masner, Lubomir, Johnson, Norman F. (2014): Monograph of the Afrotropical species of Scelio Latreille (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae), egg parasitoids of acridid grasshoppers (Orthoptera, Acrididae). ZooKeys 380: 1-188, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755
31B96E2E781A84D402E548A148B954D8.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The epithet is used as a Latinized adjective for the Greek word meaning bulging or protruding eyes.	en	Yoder, Matthew J., Valerio, Alejandro A., Polaszek, Andrew, Noort, Simon van, Masner, Lubomir, Johnson, Norman F. (2014): Monograph of the Afrotropical species of Scelio Latreille (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae), egg parasitoids of acridid grasshoppers (Orthoptera, Acrididae). ZooKeys 380: 1-188, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755
DFC33C40B2E6C5802B5E86A159B38E6E.taxon	description	Description. Female body length: 4.44 - 5.35 mm (n = 12). Male body length: 4.20 mm (n = 1). Shape of compound eye: not or only slightly bulging. Color pattern of pilosity below anterior ocellus in female: predominantly white throughout. Sculpture of frons in female: reticulate rugose, rugae somewhat thickened, without dorsoventral trend. Genal carina in female: absent. Width of gena in lateral view: weakly expanded, posterior margin parallel to posterior margin of eye. Density of genal setae: moderately to highly dense, setae conspicuous. Color of genal setae: white to off-white. Sculpture of base of mandible in female: minutely reticulate. Color of A 1 in female: yellow throughout; light to dark brown throughout, or with apex and base slightly lighter, often yellowish. Color of A 3 in female: brown; yellow basally, darkening to brown near apex. Sculpture of dorsal pronotal nucha in female: predominantly to completely sculptured. Color of pilosity of pronotal shoulder in female: predominantly white to off-white. Sculpture along humeral margin of mesoscutum: well-defined throughout. Color of pilosity of mesonotum in female: predominantly light to dark brown. Transition from lateral to posterior margin of propodeum in dorsal view: forming distinct angle, corner of propodeum well defined. Shape of mesoscutum in lateral view: bulging in anterior third. Pilosity on metapleuron above hind coxa: glabrous or with few scattered setae. Form of fore wing submarginal vein in female: nebulous at or just before upcurve to marginal vein, not reaching margin as a tubular vein. Fine pilosity of lateral T 1 in female: absent. Width of metasoma: very wide, width of S 3 & gt; 2 times medial length. Distribution of pilosity on T 2 - T 5 in female: individual tergites glabrous anteriorly, densely setose posteriorly. Sculpture of T 3 in female: longitudinally striate throughout; longitudinally striate laterally with prominent reticulate to rugulose elements medially. Overall sculpture of S 3: with dense, fine longitudinal carinae. Sculpture of medial S 3 in female: with broadly obliterated or with distinct smooth patch.	en	Yoder, Matthew J., Valerio, Alejandro A., Polaszek, Andrew, Noort, Simon van, Masner, Lubomir, Johnson, Norman F. (2014): Monograph of the Afrotropical species of Scelio Latreille (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae), egg parasitoids of acridid grasshoppers (Orthoptera, Acrididae). ZooKeys 380: 1-188, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755
DFC33C40B2E6C5802B5E86A159B38E6E.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Differs from all other Afrotropical ernstii-group species except Scelio dupondi by the setal pattern of the lateral metasoma (Figs 68, 80). Differing from Scelio dupondi in its in larger size, wider metasoma, the coarser, more irregular and less compact sculpture on the metasomal sterna (often with some unsculptured patches on S 3, Fig. 84), and the well-developed S 3 felt field, which is elevated on a keel-like projection (Fig. 84).	en	Yoder, Matthew J., Valerio, Alejandro A., Polaszek, Andrew, Noort, Simon van, Masner, Lubomir, Johnson, Norman F. (2014): Monograph of the Afrotropical species of Scelio Latreille (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae), egg parasitoids of acridid grasshoppers (Orthoptera, Acrididae). ZooKeys 380: 1-188, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755
DFC33C40B2E6C5802B5E86A159B38E6E.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The epithet is used as a genitive noun derived from the Dutch name for the one of the Thompson twin detective characters in Tintin comics. The two were always being confused with one another. See also Scelio dupondi.	en	Yoder, Matthew J., Valerio, Alejandro A., Polaszek, Andrew, Noort, Simon van, Masner, Lubomir, Johnson, Norman F. (2014): Monograph of the Afrotropical species of Scelio Latreille (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae), egg parasitoids of acridid grasshoppers (Orthoptera, Acrididae). ZooKeys 380: 1-188, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755
4DE8475663CB256C52F109ED78564B9F.taxon	description	Description. Female body length: 3.12 - 4.30 mm (n = 24). Male body length: 2.57 - 4.50 mm (n = 37). Shape of compound eye: not or only slightly bulging. Color pattern of pilosity below anterior ocellus in female: predominantly white throughout. Sculpture of frons in female: reticulate rugulose, sculpture finer, typically without dorsoventral trend. Genal carina in female: absent. Width of gena in lateral view: weakly expanded, posterior margin parallel to posterior margin of eye. Density of genal setae: moderately to highly dense, setae conspicuous. Color of genal setae: white to off-white. Sculpture of base of mandible in female: smooth. Color of A 1 in female: yellow to light brown at base, darkening near mid point to light to dark brown. Color of A 3 in female: brown. Sculpture of dorsal pronotal nucha in female: predominantly to completely smooth. Color of pilosity of pronotal shoulder in female: predominantly white to off-white. Sculpture along humeral margin of mesoscutum: well-defined throughout. Color of pilosity of mesonotum in female: predominantly light to dark brown. Transition from lateral to posterior margin of propodeum in dorsal view: forming distinct angle, corner of propodeum well defined. Shape of mesoscutum in lateral view: more or less flat. Pilosity on metapleuron above hind coxa: glabrous or with few scattered setae. Form of fore wing submarginal vein in female: tubular throughout from base to costal margin. Fine pilosity of lateral T 1 in female: present. Width of metasoma: very wide, width of S 3> 2 times medial length. Distribution of pilosity on T 2 - T 5 in female: more or less evenly distributed throughout. Sculpture of T 3 in female: longitudinally striate laterally with prominent reticulate to rugulose elements medially. Overall sculpture of S 3: with dense, fine longitudinal carinae. Sculpture of medial S 3 in female: present throughout.	en	Yoder, Matthew J., Valerio, Alejandro A., Polaszek, Andrew, Noort, Simon van, Masner, Lubomir, Johnson, Norman F. (2014): Monograph of the Afrotropical species of Scelio Latreille (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae), egg parasitoids of acridid grasshoppers (Orthoptera, Acrididae). ZooKeys 380: 1-188, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755
4DE8475663CB256C52F109ED78564B9F.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Similar to other Afrotropical ernstii-group species with the genal carina absent. Distinguishable by the completely smooth pronotal nucha (Fig. 87, pn). The combination of the very flat mesoscutum, color transition from yellow to brown on the scape, and rugulose sculpture of medial T 3 may be further used to aid in the diagnosis of many individuals.	en	Yoder, Matthew J., Valerio, Alejandro A., Polaszek, Andrew, Noort, Simon van, Masner, Lubomir, Johnson, Norman F. (2014): Monograph of the Afrotropical species of Scelio Latreille (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae), egg parasitoids of acridid grasshoppers (Orthoptera, Acrididae). ZooKeys 380: 1-188, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755
8C6520AFA2AA9B623E48521721D1D70B.taxon	description	Description. Female body length: 3.80 mm (n = 1). Shape of compound eye: not or only slightly bulging. Color pattern of pilosity below anterior ocellus in female: bi colored, with brown setae reaching to near ventral margin of eye. Sculpture of frons in female: reticulate rugulose, rugae finer, with slight dorsoventral trend. Genal carina in female: absent. Width of gena in lateral view: strongly bulging, posterior margin diverging ventrally from posterior margin of eye. Density of genal setae: moderately to highly dense, setae conspicuous. Color of genal setae: white to off-white. Sculpture of base of mandible in female: minutely reticulate. Color of A 1 in female: yellow throughout. Color of A 3 in female: yellow. Sculpture of dorsal pronotal nucha in female: predominantly to completely sculptured. Color of pilosity of pronotal shoul der in female: predominantly white to off-white. Sculpture along humeral margin of mesoscutum: well-defined throughout. Color of pilosity of mesonotum in female: predominantly light to dark brown. Transition from lateral to posterior margin of propodeum in dorsal view: forming distinct angle, corner of propodeum well defined. Shape of mesoscutum in lateral view: bulging in anterior third. Pilosity on metapleuron above hind coxa: glabrous or with few scattered setae. Form of fore wing submarginal vein in female: tubular throughout from base to costal margin. Fine pilosity of lateral T 1 in female: present. Width of metasoma: moderately wide, width of S 3 1.5 - 1.6 times medial length. Distribution of pilosity on T 2 - T 5 in female: more or less evenly distributed throughout. Sculpture of T 3 in female: longitudinally striate throughout. Overall sculpture of S 3: with dense, fine longitudinal carinae. Sculpture of medial S 3 in female: with broadly obliterated or with distinct smooth patch.	en	Yoder, Matthew J., Valerio, Alejandro A., Polaszek, Andrew, Noort, Simon van, Masner, Lubomir, Johnson, Norman F. (2014): Monograph of the Afrotropical species of Scelio Latreille (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae), egg parasitoids of acridid grasshoppers (Orthoptera, Acrididae). ZooKeys 380: 1-188, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755
8C6520AFA2AA9B623E48521721D1D70B.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Similar to Afrotropical ernstii-group species without the genal carina. Differing from all these species by the unique color pattern of the setae of the frons, with brown pilosity reaching near to the base of the eye (Fig. 95).	en	Yoder, Matthew J., Valerio, Alejandro A., Polaszek, Andrew, Noort, Simon van, Masner, Lubomir, Johnson, Norman F. (2014): Monograph of the Afrotropical species of Scelio Latreille (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae), egg parasitoids of acridid grasshoppers (Orthoptera, Acrididae). ZooKeys 380: 1-188, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755
8C6520AFA2AA9B623E48521721D1D70B.taxon	etymology	Etymology. From the Greek " phaeo " for brown and " prora " - prow / bow, in reference to the front or face of the insect; The epithet is used as a noun in apposition.	en	Yoder, Matthew J., Valerio, Alejandro A., Polaszek, Andrew, Noort, Simon van, Masner, Lubomir, Johnson, Norman F. (2014): Monograph of the Afrotropical species of Scelio Latreille (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae), egg parasitoids of acridid grasshoppers (Orthoptera, Acrididae). ZooKeys 380: 1-188, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755
884A2611CFFE098DE8B97586D814E42D.taxon	description	Description. Female body length: 3.16 - 4.73 mm (n = 42). Male body length: 3.20 - 5.10 mm (n = 37). Shape of compound eye: not or only slightly bulging. Color pattern of pilosity below anterior ocellus in female: brown throughout. Sculpture of frons in female: reticulate rugose, rugae somewhat thickened, without dorsoventral trend. Genal carina in female: present. Width of gena in lateral view: weakly expanded, posterior margin parallel to posterior margin of eye. Density of genal setae: sparse, setae generally inconspicuous. Color of genal setae: white to off-white; distinctly brown. Sculpture of base of mandible in female: minutely reticulate. Color of A 1 in female: yellow throughout; light to dark brown throughout, or with apex and base slightly lighter, often yellowish. Color of A 3 in female: brown. Sculpture of dorsal pronotal nucha in female: predominantly to completely sculptured. Color of pilosity of pronotal shoulder in female: predominantly white to off-white; predominantly light brown to brown. Sculpture along humeral margin of mesoscutum: well-defined throughout. Color of pilosity of mesonotum in female: predominantly light to dark brown. Transition from lateral to posterior margin of propodeum in dorsal view: forming distinct angle, corner of propodeum well defined. Shape of mesoscutum in lateral view: bulging in anterior third. Pilosity on metapleuron above hind coxa: glabrous or with few scattered setae. Form of fore wing submarginal vein in female: nebulous at or just before upcurve to marginal vein, not reaching margin as a tubular vein; tubular throughout from base to costal margin. Fine pilosity of lateral T 1 in female: absent. Width of metasoma: moderately wide, width of S 3 1.5 - 1.6 times medial length. Distribution of pilosity on T 2 - T 5 in female: more or less evenly distributed throughout. Sculpture of T 3 in female: longitudinally striate throughout. Overall sculpture of S 3: with dense, fine longitudinal carinae. Sculpture of medial S 3 in female: present throughout; with broadly obliterated or with distinct smooth patch.	en	Yoder, Matthew J., Valerio, Alejandro A., Polaszek, Andrew, Noort, Simon van, Masner, Lubomir, Johnson, Norman F. (2014): Monograph of the Afrotropical species of Scelio Latreille (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae), egg parasitoids of acridid grasshoppers (Orthoptera, Acrididae). ZooKeys 380: 1-188, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755
884A2611CFFE098DE8B97586D814E42D.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Most similar to Scelio albatus which also has the genal carina well developed. Easily distinguished from Scelio albatus by the color of the pilosity (completely white in Scelio albatus), robustness of sculpture (finer, more compact in Scelio albatus) and, for most individuals, the color of the scape (dark brown in Scelio albatus, yellow to light brown in nearly all Scelio taylori).	en	Yoder, Matthew J., Valerio, Alejandro A., Polaszek, Andrew, Noort, Simon van, Masner, Lubomir, Johnson, Norman F. (2014): Monograph of the Afrotropical species of Scelio Latreille (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae), egg parasitoids of acridid grasshoppers (Orthoptera, Acrididae). ZooKeys 380: 1-188, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755
AF492029E866FDBECFCFF451F712DE29.taxon	description	Description. Female body length: 5.60 mm (n = 1). Color of pilosity of dorsal head in female: golden to brown. Occipital carina in female: percurrent. Color of pilosity of the frons below the anterior ocellus in female: predominantly white. Pilosity of eye in female: absent. Medial keel on interantennal process: absent. Width of lower gena in lateral view: wide, posterior margin of lower half of gena parallel to posterior orbit. Genal carina: absent. Color of genal pilosity: white. Color of scape in female: yellow throughout. Surface of the pronotal nucha in female: predominantly sculptured. Color of pilosity of pronotal shoulder in female: white to light brown, lighter than that of mesoscutum; golden to dark brown, concolorous with that of mesoscutum. Sculpture of medial mesoscutum in female: predominantly angular reticulate to rugulose. Color of pilosity of mesoscutum in female: predominantly light brown to brown. Notaulus in female: not delimited. Form of axillular carina in female: small, not particularly expanded or projected from the lateral edge of the mesoscutellum. Pilosity of propodeal nucha: absent. Pilosity of netrion: absent. Surface of mesopleural depression in female: sculptured throughout. Form of ventral margin of villus in female: straight. Color of coxae in female: brown. Color of hind femur: light brown throughout. Color of hind tibia: yellow throughout. Fore wing length in female: apex not reaching anterior margin of T 5. Color of metasoma: light reddish brown. Sculpture of laterotergites in female: predominantly smooth. Pilosity of laterotergites in female: absent. Sculpture of medial T 1 in female: most prominent elements predominantly longitudinal. Sculpture of medial T 2 in female: most prominent elements predominantly longitudinal. Pattern of sculpture on T 3 - T 5 in female: T 3 predominantly reticulate, T 4 - T 5 predominantly longitudinally striate to strigose. Color of pilosity on lateral T 3 - T 5 in female: more or less evenly split between white and brown. Lateral profile of T 6 in female: more or less horizontal. Sculpture of T 6 in female: predominantly longitudinally striate to strigose. Sculpture of lateral metasomal sternal bar in female: predominantly smooth to slightly irregularly rugose. Distribution of felt fields: 2 pairs present (S 2, S 3).	en	Yoder, Matthew J., Valerio, Alejandro A., Polaszek, Andrew, Noort, Simon van, Masner, Lubomir, Johnson, Norman F. (2014): Monograph of the Afrotropical species of Scelio Latreille (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae), egg parasitoids of acridid grasshoppers (Orthoptera, Acrididae). ZooKeys 380: 1-188, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755
AF492029E866FDBECFCFF451F712DE29.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Similar to Scelio balo which also has a long metasoma and fore wings not reaching T 5. Differing from Scelio balo by the straight ventral margin of the villus (com pare Figs 118 and 160) and the white pilosity of the face (Fig. 119, compared with extent of brown pilosity in Fig. 161).	en	Yoder, Matthew J., Valerio, Alejandro A., Polaszek, Andrew, Noort, Simon van, Masner, Lubomir, Johnson, Norman F. (2014): Monograph of the Afrotropical species of Scelio Latreille (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae), egg parasitoids of acridid grasshoppers (Orthoptera, Acrididae). ZooKeys 380: 1-188, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755
AF492029E866FDBECFCFF451F712DE29.taxon	etymology	Etymology. Derived from the Latin for roar, howl, grumble; the epithet is considered as a noun in apposition.	en	Yoder, Matthew J., Valerio, Alejandro A., Polaszek, Andrew, Noort, Simon van, Masner, Lubomir, Johnson, Norman F. (2014): Monograph of the Afrotropical species of Scelio Latreille (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae), egg parasitoids of acridid grasshoppers (Orthoptera, Acrididae). ZooKeys 380: 1-188, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755
358E3C43E26EFBBB5F91D4F8279A8F89.taxon	description	Description. Female body length: 3.17 - 5.36 mm (n = 29). Male body length: 2.86 - 5.13 mm (n = 27). Color of pilosity of dorsal head in female: golden to brown. Occipital carina in female: percurrent. Color of pilosity of the frons below the anterior ocellus in female: predominantly white. Pilosity of eye in female: present. Medial keel on interantennal process: absent. Width of lower gena in lateral view: wide, posterior margin of lower half of gena parallel to posterior orbit. Genal carina: absent. Color of genal pilosity: white. Color of scape in female: yellow in basal half, darkening to light brown in apical half. Surface of the pronotal nucha in female: predominantly sculptured. Color of pilosity of pronotal shoulder in female: white to light brown, lighter than that of mesoscutum. Sculpture of medial mesoscutum in female: predominantly angular reticulate to rugulose. Color of pilosity of mesoscutum in female: predomi nantly yellow to golden. Notaulus in female: not delimited; indicated by a row of cells. Form of axillular carina in female: small, not particularly expanded or projected from the lateral edge of the mesoscutellum. Pilosity of propodeal nucha: absent. Pilosity of netrion: absent. Surface of mesopleural depression in female: sculptured throughout. Form of ventral margin of villus in female: bent ventrally in posterior, obviously not straight throughout. Color of coxae in female: brown. Color of hind femur: dark brown with white base. Color of hind tibia: yellow throughout. Fore wing length in female: apex between anterior margin of T 5 and posterior margin of T 6. Color of metasoma: entirely black. Sculpture of laterotergites in female: predominantly smooth. Pilosity of laterotergites in female: absent. Sculpture of medial T 1 in female: most prominent elements predominantly longitudinal. Sculpture of medial T 2 in female: most prominent elements predominantly longitudinal. Pattern of sculpture on T 3 - T 5 in female: T 3 predominantly reticulate, T 4 - T 5 predominantly longitudinally striate to strigose. Color of pilosity on lateral T 3 - T 5 in female: predominantly white. Lateral profile of T 6 in female: more or less horizontal. Sculpture of T 6 in female: predominantly rugulose to reticulate. Sculpture of lateral metasomal sternal bar in female: predominantly smooth to slightly irregularly rugose. Distribution of felt fields: 2 pairs present (S 2, S 3).	en	Yoder, Matthew J., Valerio, Alejandro A., Polaszek, Andrew, Noort, Simon van, Masner, Lubomir, Johnson, Norman F. (2014): Monograph of the Afrotropical species of Scelio Latreille (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae), egg parasitoids of acridid grasshoppers (Orthoptera, Acrididae). ZooKeys 380: 1-188, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755
358E3C43E26EFBBB5F91D4F8279A8F89.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Scelio howardi largely may be distinguished from Scelio zolotarevskyi by its darkened femur, golden to brown setation, and the darkened apex of the antennal scape.	en	Yoder, Matthew J., Valerio, Alejandro A., Polaszek, Andrew, Noort, Simon van, Masner, Lubomir, Johnson, Norman F. (2014): Monograph of the Afrotropical species of Scelio Latreille (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae), egg parasitoids of acridid grasshoppers (Orthoptera, Acrididae). ZooKeys 380: 1-188, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755
986B5903587FB99D69A98E1D2012C97B.taxon	description	Description. Female body length: 3.20 - 4.74 mm (n = 26). Male body length: 3.10 - 4.28 mm (n = 22). Color of pilosity of dorsal head in female: white. Occipital carina in female: percurrent. Color of pilosity of the frons below the anterior ocellus in female: predominantly white. Pilosity of eye in female: present. Medial keel on interantennal process: absent. Width of lower gena in lateral view: wide, posterior margin of lower half of gena parallel to posterior orbit. Genal carina: absent. Color of genal pilosity: white. Color of scape in female: brown to dark brown throughout. Surface of the pronotal nucha in female: predominantly sculptured. Color of pilosity of pronotal shoulder in female: white to light brown, lighter than that of mesoscutum. Sculpture of medial mesoscutum in female: predominantly angular reticulate to rugulose. Color of pilosity of mesoscutum in female: predominantly white to off-white. Notaulus in female: not delimited; indicated by a row of cells. Notaulus in male: not delimited; delimited by row of cells. Form of axillular carina in female: small, not particularly expanded or projected from the lateral edge of the mesoscutellum. Pilosity of propodeal nucha: absent. Pilosity of netrion: absent. Surface of mesopleural depression in female: sculptured throughout. Form of ventral margin of villus in female: bent ventrally in posterior, obviously not straight throughout. Color of coxae in female: brown. Color of hind femur: dark brown with white base. Color of hind tibia: yellow at extreme base, otherwise light brown. Fore wing length in female: apex between anterior margin of T 5 and posterior margin of T 6. Color of metasoma: entirely dark brown. Sculpture of laterotergites in female: predominantly smooth. Pilosity of laterotergites in female: absent. Sculpture of medial T 1 in female: most prominent elements predominantly longitudinal. Sculpture of medial T 2 in female: most prominent elements predominantly longitudinal. Pattern of sculpture on T 3 - T 5 in female: T 3 predominantly reticulate, T 4 - T 5 predominantly longitudinally striate to strigose. Color of pilosity on lateral T 3 - T 5 in female: predominantly white; predominantly golden to brown. Lateral profile of T 6 in female: more or less horizontal. Sculpture of T 6 in female: predominantly longitudinally striate to strigose; predominantly rugulose to reticulate. Sculpture of lateral metasomal sternal bar in female: predominantly smooth to slightly irregularly rugose. Distribution of felt fields: 2 pairs present (S 2, S 3).	en	Yoder, Matthew J., Valerio, Alejandro A., Polaszek, Andrew, Noort, Simon van, Masner, Lubomir, Johnson, Norman F. (2014): Monograph of the Afrotropical species of Scelio Latreille (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae), egg parasitoids of acridid grasshoppers (Orthoptera, Acrididae). ZooKeys 380: 1-188, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755
986B5903587FB99D69A98E1D2012C97B.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Similar to Scelio ructo, with which this species shares relatively sparse pilosity of the head and mesonotum. Differing from Scelio ructo and all white subgroup species by the combination of the weakly impressed to absent notauli, the relatively evenly reticulate and not particularly thickened sculpture of the mesonotum, the sculptured mesopleuron, and the medially bent ventral villus.	en	Yoder, Matthew J., Valerio, Alejandro A., Polaszek, Andrew, Noort, Simon van, Masner, Lubomir, Johnson, Norman F. (2014): Monograph of the Afrotropical species of Scelio Latreille (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae), egg parasitoids of acridid grasshoppers (Orthoptera, Acrididae). ZooKeys 380: 1-188, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755
986B5903587FB99D69A98E1D2012C97B.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The epithet is used as a noun in apposition derived from the Anglo-Saxon word for island.	en	Yoder, Matthew J., Valerio, Alejandro A., Polaszek, Andrew, Noort, Simon van, Masner, Lubomir, Johnson, Norman F. (2014): Monograph of the Afrotropical species of Scelio Latreille (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae), egg parasitoids of acridid grasshoppers (Orthoptera, Acrididae). ZooKeys 380: 1-188, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755
1E4EEAB3720187F51B669FA782EFCD60.taxon	description	Description. Female body length: 3.12 - 5.21 mm (n = 10). Male body length: 3.56 - 4.66 mm (n = 4). Color of pilosity of dorsal head in female: golden to brown. Occipital carina in female: percurrent. Color of pilosity of the frons below the anterior ocellus in female: predominantly golden to brown. Pilosity of eye in female: present. Medial keel on interantennal process: absent. Width of lower gena in lateral view: wide, posterior margin of lower half of gena parallel to posterior orbit. Genal carina: present. Color of genal pilosity: white. Color of scape in female: brown to dark brown throughout. Surface of the pronotal nucha in female: predominantly smooth. Color of pilosity of pronotal shoulder in female: golden to dark brown, concolorous with that of mesoscutum. Sculpture of medial mesoscutum in female: predominantly angular reticulate to rugulose. Color of pilosity of mesoscutum in female: pre dominantly light brown to brown. Notaulus in female: indicated by a row of cells. Notaulus in male: delimited by row of cells. Form of axillular carina in female: small, not particularly expanded or projected from the lateral edge of the mesoscutellum. Pilosity of propodeal nucha: absent. Pilosity of netrion: absent. Surface of mesopleural depression in female: with large smooth patch. Form of ventral margin of villus in female: bent ventrally in posterior, obviously not straight throughout. Color of coxae in female: brown. Color of hind femur: dark brown throughout. Color of hind tibia: yellow at extreme base, otherwise light brown. Fore wing length in female: apex between anterior margin of T 5 and posterior margin of T 6; apex surpassing posterior margin of T 6. Color of metasoma: light reddish brown. Sculpture of laterotergites in female: predominantly smooth. Pilosity of laterotergites in female: absent. Sculpture of medial T 1 in female: most prominent elements predominantly longitudinal. Sculpture of medial T 2 in female: most prominent elements predominantly longitudinal. Pattern of sculpture on T 3 - T 5 in female: predominantly longitudinally striate. Color of pilosity on lateral T 3 - T 5 in female: predominantly golden to brown. Lateral profile of T 6 in female: more or less horizontal. Sculpture of T 6 in female: predominantly rugulose to reticulate. Sculpture of lateral metasomal sternal bar in female: predominantly smooth to slightly irregularly rugose. Distribution of felt fields: 2 pairs present (S 2, S 3).	en	Yoder, Matthew J., Valerio, Alejandro A., Polaszek, Andrew, Noort, Simon van, Masner, Lubomir, Johnson, Norman F. (2014): Monograph of the Afrotropical species of Scelio Latreille (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae), egg parasitoids of acridid grasshoppers (Orthoptera, Acrididae). ZooKeys 380: 1-188, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755
1E4EEAB3720187F51B669FA782EFCD60.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Most similar to Scelio igland which shares the somewhat sparse pilosity of the head and mesonotum (Fig. 135) and is also restricted to Madagascar. Scelio ructo differs from this and all other Afrotropical howardi-group species by the flattened and smoothly rounded sculpture of the mesoscutum (Fig. 135) in combination with the well-impressed notauli and the smooth pronotal nucha and mesopleural depression.	en	Yoder, Matthew J., Valerio, Alejandro A., Polaszek, Andrew, Noort, Simon van, Masner, Lubomir, Johnson, Norman F. (2014): Monograph of the Afrotropical species of Scelio Latreille (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae), egg parasitoids of acridid grasshoppers (Orthoptera, Acrididae). ZooKeys 380: 1-188, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755
1E4EEAB3720187F51B669FA782EFCD60.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The epithet is used as a noun in apposition derived from the Latin word for belch.	en	Yoder, Matthew J., Valerio, Alejandro A., Polaszek, Andrew, Noort, Simon van, Masner, Lubomir, Johnson, Norman F. (2014): Monograph of the Afrotropical species of Scelio Latreille (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae), egg parasitoids of acridid grasshoppers (Orthoptera, Acrididae). ZooKeys 380: 1-188, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755
957633147EE9B6FD3667FFF3CD5F303D.taxon	description	Description. Female body length: 5.04 - 5.91 mm (n = 16). Male body length: 4.66 - 5.42 mm (n = 7). Color of pilosity of dorsal head in female: white. Occipital carina in female: percurrent. Color of pilosity of the frons below the anterior ocellus in female: predominantly white. Pilosity of eye in female: present. Medial keel on interantennal process: absent. Width of lower gena in lateral view: wide, posterior margin of lower half of gena parallel to posterior orbit. Genal carina: absent. Color of genal pilosity: white. Color of scape in female: brown to dark brown throughout. Surface of the pronotal nucha in female: predominantly sculptured. Color of pilosity of pronotal shoulder in female: white to light brown, lighter than that of mesoscutum. Sculpture of medial mesoscutum in female: predominantly angular reticulate to rugulose. Color of pilosity of mesoscutum in female: predominantly white to off-white. Notaulus in female: not delimited. Notaulus in male: not delimited. Form of axillular carina in female: small, not particularly expanded or projected from the lateral edge of the mesoscutellum. Pilosity of propodeal nucha: absent. Pilosity of netrion: absent. Surface of mesopleural depression in female: with small smooth patch ventrally. Form of ventral margin of villus in female: bent ventrally in posterior, obviously not straight throughout. Color of coxae in female: brown. Color of hind femur: dark brown throughout. Color of hind tibia: yellow at extreme base, otherwise light brown. Fore wing length in female: apex between anterior margin of T 5 and posterior margin of T 6. Color of metasoma: entirely dark brown. Sculpture of laterotergites in female: predominantly smooth. Pilosity of laterotergites in female: absent. Sculpture of medial T 1 in female: most prominent elements predominantly longitudinal. Sculpture of medial T 2 in female: most prominent elements predominantly longitudinal. Pattern of sculpture on T 3 - T 5 in female: T 3 predominantly reticulate, T 4 - T 5 predominantly longitudinally striate to strigose. Color of pilosity on lateral T 3 - T 5 in female: predominantly white. Lateral profile of T 6 in female: more or less horizontal. Sculpture of T 6 in female: predominantly longitudinally striate to strigose. Sculpture of lateral metasomal sternal bar in female: predominantly smooth to slightly irregularly rugose. Distribution of felt fields: 2 pairs present (S 2, S 3).	en	Yoder, Matthew J., Valerio, Alejandro A., Polaszek, Andrew, Noort, Simon van, Masner, Lubomir, Johnson, Norman F. (2014): Monograph of the Afrotropical species of Scelio Latreille (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae), egg parasitoids of acridid grasshoppers (Orthoptera, Acrididae). ZooKeys 380: 1-188, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755
957633147EE9B6FD3667FFF3CD5F303D.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Similar to other white subgroup species, in particular to Scelio zolotarevskyi and larger individuals of Scelio howardi. Differing from the former by the curved ventral margin of the villus, and from the latter by its large size and predominantly white setae of the dorsal head and mesoscutum (Scelio howardi usually with some golden setae present) together with the brown to dark brown scape (Scelio howardi usually with at least the base of scape yellow) and the presence of a small smooth patch on the lower extent of the mesopleural depression (Fig. 142) (Scelio howardi sculptured throughout).	en	Yoder, Matthew J., Valerio, Alejandro A., Polaszek, Andrew, Noort, Simon van, Masner, Lubomir, Johnson, Norman F. (2014): Monograph of the Afrotropical species of Scelio Latreille (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae), egg parasitoids of acridid grasshoppers (Orthoptera, Acrididae). ZooKeys 380: 1-188, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755
957633147EE9B6FD3667FFF3CD5F303D.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The epithet is used as a noun in apposition derived from the Latin word for taunt, jeer, or jest.	en	Yoder, Matthew J., Valerio, Alejandro A., Polaszek, Andrew, Noort, Simon van, Masner, Lubomir, Johnson, Norman F. (2014): Monograph of the Afrotropical species of Scelio Latreille (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae), egg parasitoids of acridid grasshoppers (Orthoptera, Acrididae). ZooKeys 380: 1-188, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755
3E5EFF71461960FD0ED17F15A43DA532.taxon	description	Description. Female body length: 3.30 - 3.76 mm (n = 5). Color of pilosity of dorsal head in female: white. Occipital carina in female: percurrent. Color of pilosity of the frons below the anterior ocellus in female: predominantly white. Pilosity of eye in female: absent; present. Medial keel on interantennal process: absent. Width of lower gena in lateral view: wide, posterior margin of lower half of gena parallel to posterior orbit. Genal carina: absent. Color of genal pilosity: white. Color of scape in female: yellow in basal half, darkening to light brown in apical half. Surface of the pronotal nucha in female: predominantly sculptured. Color of pilosity of pronotal shoulder in female: white to light brown, lighter than that of mesoscutum. Sculpture of medial mesoscutum in female: predominantly longitudinally strigose to rugulose. Color of pilosity of mesoscutum in female: predominantly yellow to golden. Notaulus in female: not delimited. Form of axillular carina in female: small, not particularly expanded or projected from the lateral edge of the mesoscutellum. Pilosity of propodeal nucha: absent. Pilosity of netrion: absent. Surface of mesopleural depression in female: sculptured throughout. Form of ventral margin of villus in female: straight. Color of coxae in female: yellow. Color of hind femur: light brown throughout. Color of hind tibia: yellow throughout. Fore wing length in female: apex between anterior margin of T 5 and posterior margin of T 6. Color of metasoma: yellow anteriorly, grading to brown posteriorly. Sculpture of laterotergites in female: predominantly smooth. Pilosity of laterotergites in female: absent. Sculpture of medial T 1 in female: most prominent elements predominantly longitudinal. Sculpture of medial T 2 in female: most prominent elements predominantly longitudinal. Pattern of sculpture on T 3 - T 5 in female: T 3 predominantly reticulate, T 4 - T 5 predominantly longitudinally striate to strigose; predominantly longitudinally striate. Color of pilosity on lateral T 3 - T 5 in female: predominantly white; predominantly golden to brown. Lateral profile of T 6 in female: more or less horizontal. Sculpture of T 6 in female: predominantly transversely rugose. Sculpture of lateral metasomal sternal bar in female: predominantly smooth to slightly irregularly rugose. Distribution of felt fields: 2 pairs present (S 2, S 3).	en	Yoder, Matthew J., Valerio, Alejandro A., Polaszek, Andrew, Noort, Simon van, Masner, Lubomir, Johnson, Norman F. (2014): Monograph of the Afrotropical species of Scelio Latreille (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae), egg parasitoids of acridid grasshoppers (Orthoptera, Acrididae). ZooKeys 380: 1-188, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755
3E5EFF71461960FD0ED17F15A43DA532.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Most similar to Scelio zolotarevskyi which shares the straight ventral margin of the villus. Differing from Scelio zolotarevskyi and all other Afrotropical howardi-group species by the yellow to brown color gradient of the metasoma (vs. uniform coloration). Further, females may be distinguished from most Afrotropical Scelio howardi by the yellow coxae.	en	Yoder, Matthew J., Valerio, Alejandro A., Polaszek, Andrew, Noort, Simon van, Masner, Lubomir, Johnson, Norman F. (2014): Monograph of the Afrotropical species of Scelio Latreille (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae), egg parasitoids of acridid grasshoppers (Orthoptera, Acrididae). ZooKeys 380: 1-188, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755
3E5EFF71461960FD0ED17F15A43DA532.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The epithet is used as a noun in apposition derived from the Latin word for to make a loud cry.	en	Yoder, Matthew J., Valerio, Alejandro A., Polaszek, Andrew, Noort, Simon van, Masner, Lubomir, Johnson, Norman F. (2014): Monograph of the Afrotropical species of Scelio Latreille (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae), egg parasitoids of acridid grasshoppers (Orthoptera, Acrididae). ZooKeys 380: 1-188, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755
39A33968A2F65A62DC9E5F6D3EF57C04.taxon	description	Description. Female body length: 3.53 - 5.53 mm (n = 28). Male body length: 3.28 mm (n = 1). Color of pilosity of dorsal head in female: white. Occipital carina in female: percurrent. Color of pilosity of the frons below the anterior ocellus in female: predominantly white. Pilosity of eye in female: absent; present. Medial keel on interantennal process: absent. Width of lower gena in lateral view: wide, posterior margin of lower half of gena parallel to posterior orbit. Genal carina: absent. Color of genal pilosity: white. Color of scape in female: yellow throughout. Surface of the pronotal nucha in female: predominantly sculptured. Color of pilosity of pronotal shoulder in female: white to light brown, lighter than that of mesoscutum. Sculpture of medial mesoscutum in female: predominantly angular reticulate to rugulose. Color of pilosity of mesoscutum in female: predominantly white to off-white. Notaulus in female: indicated by a row of cells. Notaulus in male: delimited by row of cells. Form of axillular carina in female: small, not particularly expanded or projected from the lateral edge of the mesoscutellum. Pilosity of propodeal nucha: absent. Pilosity of netrion: absent. Surface of mesopleural depression in female: sculptured throughout. Form of ventral margin of villus in female: straight. Color of coxae in female: brown. Color of hind femur: dark brown medially, otherwise honey yellow. Color of hind tibia: yellow throughout. Fore wing length in female: apex between anterior margin of T 5 and posterior margin of T 6. Color of metasoma: entirely dark brown. Sculpture of laterotergites in female: predominantly smooth. Pilosity of laterotergites in female: absent. Sculpture of medial T 1 in female: most prominent elements predominantly longitudinal. Sculpture of medial T 2 in female: most prominent elements predominantly longitudinal. Pattern of sculpture on T 3 - T 5 in female: T 3 predominantly reticulate, T 4 - T 5 predominantly longitudinally striate to strigose. Color of pilosity on lateral T 3 - T 5 in female: predominantly white. Lateral profile of T 6 in female: more or less horizontal. Sculpture of T 6 in female: predominantly longitudinally striate to strigose. Sculpture of lateral metasomal sternal bar in female: predominantly smooth to slightly irregularly rugose. Distribution of felt fields: 2 pairs present (S 2, S 3).	en	Yoder, Matthew J., Valerio, Alejandro A., Polaszek, Andrew, Noort, Simon van, Masner, Lubomir, Johnson, Norman F. (2014): Monograph of the Afrotropical species of Scelio Latreille (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae), egg parasitoids of acridid grasshoppers (Orthoptera, Acrididae). ZooKeys 380: 1-188, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755
39A33968A2F65A62DC9E5F6D3EF57C04.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Most similar to Scelio howardi in its habitus, color and form of pilosity, and general sculpture, as well as to Scelio pipilo with which it shares the straight ventral margin of the villus (as in Fig. 8). Scelio zolotarevskyi may be distinguished from the former by the compact and parallel-sided villus (Figs 8, 155, compare with concave or bent lateral margin of villus, Fig. 124) and from the latter by its smaller size and color of the scape (never completely brown to dark brown scape).	en	Yoder, Matthew J., Valerio, Alejandro A., Polaszek, Andrew, Noort, Simon van, Masner, Lubomir, Johnson, Norman F. (2014): Monograph of the Afrotropical species of Scelio Latreille (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae), egg parasitoids of acridid grasshoppers (Orthoptera, Acrididae). ZooKeys 380: 1-188, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755
2799B1B682C5C11EF72950B606550065.taxon	description	Description. Female body length: 6.86 mm (n = 1). Color of pilosity of dorsal head in female: golden to brown. Occipital carina in female: percurrent. Color of pilosity of the frons below the anterior ocellus in female: predominantly golden to brown. Pilosity of eye in female: absent. Medial keel on interantennal process: absent. Width of lower gena in lateral view: wide, posterior margin of lower half of gena parallel to posterior orbit. Genal carina: absent. Color of genal pilosity: white. Color of scape in female: yellow throughout. Surface of the pronotal nucha in female: predominantly sculptured. Color of pilosity of pronotal shoulder in female: golden to dark brown, concolorous with that of mesoscutum. Sculpture of medial mesoscutum in female: predominantly angular reticulate to rugulose. Color of pilosity of mesoscutum in female: predominantly light brown to brown. Notaulus in female: indicated by a row of cells. Form of axillular carina in female: small, not particularly expanded or projected from the lateral edge of the mesoscutellum. Pilosity of propodeal nucha: absent. Pilosity of netrion: absent. Surface of mesopleural depression in female: sculptured throughout. Form of ventral margin of villus in female: bent ventrally in posterior, obviously not straight throughout. Color of coxae in female: brown. Color of hind femur: dark brown throughout. Color of hind tibia: yellow throughout. Fore wing length in female: apex not reaching anterior margin of T 5. Color of metasoma: entirely dark brown. Sculpture of laterotergites in female: predominantly smooth. Pilosity of laterotergites in female: absent. Sculpture of medial T 1 in female: most prominent elements predominantly longitudinal. Sculpture of medial T 2 in female: most prominent elements predominantly longitudinal. Pattern of sculpture on T 3 - T 5 in female: T 3 predominantly reticulate, T 4 - T 5 predominantly longitudinally striate to strigose. Color of pilosity on lateral T 3 - T 5 in female: predominantly golden to brown. Lateral profile of T 6 in female: more or less horizontal. Sculpture of T 6 in female: predominantly rugulose to reticulate. Sculpture of lateral metasomal sternal bar in female: predominantly smooth to slightly irregularly rugose. Distribution of felt fields: 2 pairs present (S 2, S 3).	en	Yoder, Matthew J., Valerio, Alejandro A., Polaszek, Andrew, Noort, Simon van, Masner, Lubomir, Johnson, Norman F. (2014): Monograph of the Afrotropical species of Scelio Latreille (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae), egg parasitoids of acridid grasshoppers (Orthoptera, Acrididae). ZooKeys 380: 1-188, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755
2799B1B682C5C11EF72950B606550065.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Similar to Scelio fremo, which also has a long metasoma and fore wings not reaching T 5. Differing from Scelio fremo by the bent ventral margin of the villus (vs. straight, compare Figs 118 and 160), and the extent of the brown pilosity of the frons (vs. white, compare Figs 119 and 161). Scelio balo is darker overall than Scelio fremo, although this may be an artifact.	en	Yoder, Matthew J., Valerio, Alejandro A., Polaszek, Andrew, Noort, Simon van, Masner, Lubomir, Johnson, Norman F. (2014): Monograph of the Afrotropical species of Scelio Latreille (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae), egg parasitoids of acridid grasshoppers (Orthoptera, Acrididae). ZooKeys 380: 1-188, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755
2799B1B682C5C11EF72950B606550065.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The epithet is used as a noun in apposition derived from the Latin word for roar, howl, grumble, or snort (things taxonomists do during a revision).	en	Yoder, Matthew J., Valerio, Alejandro A., Polaszek, Andrew, Noort, Simon van, Masner, Lubomir, Johnson, Norman F. (2014): Monograph of the Afrotropical species of Scelio Latreille (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae), egg parasitoids of acridid grasshoppers (Orthoptera, Acrididae). ZooKeys 380: 1-188, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755
269651ADEAA78E9BAA4A422B4DB0079E.taxon	description	Description. Female body length: 4.24 - 4.87 mm (n = 7). Color of pilosity of dorsal head in female: golden to brown. Occipital carina in female: percurrent. Color of pilosity of the frons below the anterior ocellus in female: predominantly golden to brown. Pilosity of eye in female: absent; present. Medial keel on interantennal process: absent. Width of lower gena in lateral view: narrowing dorsally, posterior margin of lower half of gena angled with respect to posterior orbit. Genal carina: present. Color of genal pilosity: brown. Color of scape in female: brown to dark brown throughout. Surface of the pronotal nucha in female: predominantly sculptured; predominantly smooth. Color of pilosity of pronotal shoulder in female: golden to dark brown, concolorous with that of mesoscutum. Sculpture of medial mesoscutum in female: predominantly angular reticulate to rugulose. Color of pilosity of mesoscutum in female: predominantly light brown to brown. Notaulus in female: not delimited. Form of axillular carina in female: lobelike in posterolateral corner. Pilosity of propodeal nucha: present. Pilosity of netrion: present. Surface of mesopleural depression in female: sculptured throughout. Form of ventral margin of villus in female: very slightly concave, almost straight. Color of coxae in female: brown. Color of hind femur: dark brown with white base. Color of hind tibia: white basally, dark brown apically. fore wing length in female: apex surpassing posterior margin of T 6. Color of metasoma: entirely dark brown. Sculpture of laterotergites in female: predominantly smooth. Pilosity of laterotergites in female: absent. Sculpture of medial T 1 in female: most prominent elements predominantly longitudinal. Sculpture of medial T 2 in female: most prominent elements predominantly longitudinal. Pattern of sculpture on T 3 - T 5 in female: predominantly longitudinally striate. Color of pilosity on lateral T 3 - T 5 in female: predominantly golden to brown. Lateral profile of T 6 in female: vertically sloped in posterior half. Sculpture of T 6 in female: predominantly rugulose to reticulate. Sculpture of lateral metasomal sternal bar in female: minutely reticulate throughout. Distribution of felt fields: 2 pairs present (S 2, S 3).	en	Yoder, Matthew J., Valerio, Alejandro A., Polaszek, Andrew, Noort, Simon van, Masner, Lubomir, Johnson, Norman F. (2014): Monograph of the Afrotropical species of Scelio Latreille (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae), egg parasitoids of acridid grasshoppers (Orthoptera, Acrididae). ZooKeys 380: 1-188, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755
269651ADEAA78E9BAA4A422B4DB0079E.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Similar to other species of the brown subgroup that have the lateral node of the mesoscutellum developed into a flange or node. Differing from all these species by presence of setae on the netrion and the degree of development and form of the lateral node of the axillular carina which is large, round, lobelike vs. small, sharp and bladelike.	en	Yoder, Matthew J., Valerio, Alejandro A., Polaszek, Andrew, Noort, Simon van, Masner, Lubomir, Johnson, Norman F. (2014): Monograph of the Afrotropical species of Scelio Latreille (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae), egg parasitoids of acridid grasshoppers (Orthoptera, Acrididae). ZooKeys 380: 1-188, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755
269651ADEAA78E9BAA4A422B4DB0079E.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The epithet is used as a noun in apposition derived from the Latin word for hoot like an owl.	en	Yoder, Matthew J., Valerio, Alejandro A., Polaszek, Andrew, Noort, Simon van, Masner, Lubomir, Johnson, Norman F. (2014): Monograph of the Afrotropical species of Scelio Latreille (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae), egg parasitoids of acridid grasshoppers (Orthoptera, Acrididae). ZooKeys 380: 1-188, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755
85BCA7DF2C14DD16D7A05048243E87E4.taxon	description	Description. Female body length: 4.16 - 4.60 mm (n = 5). Male body length: 4.17 mm (n = 1). Color of pilosity of dorsal head in female: golden to brown. Occipital carina in female: percurrent. Color of pilosity of the frons below the anterior ocellus in female: predominantly golden to brown. Pilosity of eye in female: absent. Medial keel on interantennal process: present. Width of lower gena in lateral view: narrowing dorsally, posterior margin of lower half of gena angled with respect to posterior orbit. Genal carina: absent. Color of genal pilosity: brown. Color of scape in female: brown to dark brown throughout. Surface of the pronotal nucha in female: predominantly sculptured. Color of pilosity of pronotal shoulder in female: golden to dark brown, concolorous with that of mesoscutum. Sculpture of medial mesoscutum in female: predominantly angular reticulate to rugulose. Color of pilosity of mesoscutum in female: predominantly light brown to brown. Notaulus in female: not delimited. Notaulus in male: not delimited. Form of axillular carina in female: small, not particularly expanded or projected from the lateral edge of the mesoscutellum. Pilosity of propodeal nucha: absent. Pilosity of netrion: absent. Surface of mesopleural depression in female: with small smooth patch ventrally. Form of ventral margin of villus in female: bent ventrally in posterior, obvi ously not straight throughout. Color of coxae in female: brown. Color of hind femur: dark brown throughout. Color of hind tibia: white basally, dark brown apically. Fore wing length in female: apex between anterior margin of T 5 and posterior margin of T 6; apex surpassing posterior margin of T 6. Color of metasoma: entirely dark brown. Sculpture of laterotergites in female: predominantly aciculate. Pilosity of laterotergites in female: absent. Sculpture of medial T 1 in female: most prominent elements predominantly reticulate rugulose. Sculpture of medial T 2 in female: predominantly smooth or obliterated. Pattern of sculpture on T 3 - T 5 in female: T 3 predominantly reticulate, T 4 - T 5 predominantly longitudinally striate to strigose; predominantly longitudinally striate. Color of pilosity on lateral T 3 - T 5 in female: predominantly golden to brown. Lateral profile of T 6 in female: vertically sloped in posterior half. Sculpture of T 6 in female: predominantly rugulose to reticulate. Sculpture of lateral metasomal sternal bar in female: minutely reticulate throughout. Distribution of felt fields: 2 pairs present (S 2, S 3).	en	Yoder, Matthew J., Valerio, Alejandro A., Polaszek, Andrew, Noort, Simon van, Masner, Lubomir, Johnson, Norman F. (2014): Monograph of the Afrotropical species of Scelio Latreille (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae), egg parasitoids of acridid grasshoppers (Orthoptera, Acrididae). ZooKeys 380: 1-188, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755
85BCA7DF2C14DD16D7A05048243E87E4.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Most similar to Scelio tono, also a brown subgroup species that shares a similarly colored tibia (as in Fig. 212). Differing from Scelio tono by the absence of notauli (a clear channel in posterior half of mesoscutum present in Scelio tono) and the less well-developed axillular carina that does not extend above the dorsal surface of the mesoscutum. Similar also to Scelio gemo, but may be differentiated by the brown scape and sloping T 6 (vs. yellow to brown and horizontally oriented respectively).	en	Yoder, Matthew J., Valerio, Alejandro A., Polaszek, Andrew, Noort, Simon van, Masner, Lubomir, Johnson, Norman F. (2014): Monograph of the Afrotropical species of Scelio Latreille (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae), egg parasitoids of acridid grasshoppers (Orthoptera, Acrididae). ZooKeys 380: 1-188, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755
85BCA7DF2C14DD16D7A05048243E87E4.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The epithet is used as a noun in apposition derived from the Latin word for sing.	en	Yoder, Matthew J., Valerio, Alejandro A., Polaszek, Andrew, Noort, Simon van, Masner, Lubomir, Johnson, Norman F. (2014): Monograph of the Afrotropical species of Scelio Latreille (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae), egg parasitoids of acridid grasshoppers (Orthoptera, Acrididae). ZooKeys 380: 1-188, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755
68D24F71A5DA6D47194B38A3FE6C1A77.taxon	description	Description. Female body length: 4.36 - 5.26 mm (n = 2). Color of pilosity of dorsal head in female: golden to brown. Occipital carina in female: percurrent. Color of pilos ity of the frons below the anterior ocellus in female: predominantly golden to brown. Pilosity of eye in female: absent. Medial keel on interantennal process: absent. Width of lower gena in lateral view: wide, posterior margin of lower half of gena parallel to posterior orbit. Genal carina: absent. Color of genal pilosity: brown. Color of scape in female: brown to dark brown throughout. Surface of the pronotal nucha in female: predominantly sculptured. Color of pilosity of pronotal shoulder in female: white to light brown, lighter than that of mesoscutum. Sculpture of medial mesoscutum in female: predominantly longitudinally strigose to rugulose. Color of pilosity of mesos cutum in female: predominantly light brown to brown. Notaulus in female: present as more or less uninterrupted channel in posterior 1 / 2 of mesoscutum. Form of axillular carina in female: small, not particularly expanded or projected from the lateral edge of the mesoscutellum. Pilosity of propodeal nucha: absent. Pilosity of netrion: absent. Surface of mesopleural depression in female: sculptured throughout. Form of ventral margin of villus in female: bent ventrally in posterior, obviously not straight throughout. Color of coxae in female: brown. Color of hind femur: dark brown throughout. Color of hind tibia: yellow throughout. Fore wing length in female: apex between anterior margin of T 5 and posterior margin of T 6. Color of metasoma: light reddish brown. Sculpture of laterotergites in female: predominantly smooth. Pilosity of laterotergites in female: absent. Sculpture of medial T 1 in female: most prominent elements predominantly longitudinal. Sculpture of medial T 2 in female: most prominent elements predominantly longitudinal. Pattern of sculpture on T 3 - T 5 in female: predominantly longitudinally striate. Color of pilosity on lateral T 3 - T 5 in female: predominantly golden to brown. Lateral profile of T 6 in female: more or less horizontal. Sculpture of T 6 in female: predominantly transversely rugose. Sculpture of lateral metasomal sternal bar in female: predominantly smooth to slightly irregularly rugose. Distribution of felt fields: 2 pairs present (S 2, S 3).	en	Yoder, Matthew J., Valerio, Alejandro A., Polaszek, Andrew, Noort, Simon van, Masner, Lubomir, Johnson, Norman F. (2014): Monograph of the Afrotropical species of Scelio Latreille (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae), egg parasitoids of acridid grasshoppers (Orthoptera, Acrididae). ZooKeys 380: 1-188, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755
68D24F71A5DA6D47194B38A3FE6C1A77.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Differing from other brown subgroup species by the combination of the completely yellow tibia (Fig. 176) and the transverse rugae of T 6 (Fig. 180, more reticulate in most others).	en	Yoder, Matthew J., Valerio, Alejandro A., Polaszek, Andrew, Noort, Simon van, Masner, Lubomir, Johnson, Norman F. (2014): Monograph of the Afrotropical species of Scelio Latreille (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae), egg parasitoids of acridid grasshoppers (Orthoptera, Acrididae). ZooKeys 380: 1-188, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755
68D24F71A5DA6D47194B38A3FE6C1A77.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The epithet is used as a noun in apposition derived from the Latin word for to rattle, clatter, crackle.	en	Yoder, Matthew J., Valerio, Alejandro A., Polaszek, Andrew, Noort, Simon van, Masner, Lubomir, Johnson, Norman F. (2014): Monograph of the Afrotropical species of Scelio Latreille (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae), egg parasitoids of acridid grasshoppers (Orthoptera, Acrididae). ZooKeys 380: 1-188, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755
5535C551B67DB85BFE0B8CAE4FAC1701.taxon	description	Description. Female body length: 5.37 - 5.77 mm (n = 5). Male body length: 4.80 mm (n = 1). Color of pilosity of dorsal head in female: golden to brown. Occipital carina in female: percurrent. Color of pilosity of the frons below the anterior ocellus in female: predominantly golden to brown. Pilosity of eye in female: absent; present. Medial keel on interantennal process: present. Width of lower gena in lateral view: wide, posterior margin of lower half of gena parallel to posterior orbit. Genal carina: present. Color of genal pilosity: brown. Color of scape in female: yellow in basal half, darkening to light brown in apical half. Surface of the pronotal nucha in female: predominantly sculptured; predominantly smooth. Color of pilosity of pronotal shoulder in female: golden to dark brown, concolorous with that of mesoscutum. Sculpture of medial mesoscutum in female: predominantly angular reticulate to rugulose. Color of pilosity of mesoscutum in female: predominantly light brown to brown. Notaulus in female: indicated by a row of cells. Notaulus in male: delimited by row of cells. Form of axillular carina in female: small, not particularly expanded or projected from the lateral edge of the mesoscutellum. Pilosity of propodeal nucha: absent. Pilosity of netrion: absent. Surface of mesopleural depression in female: sculptured throughout. Form of ventral margin of villus in female: bent ventrally in posterior, obviously not straight throughout. Color of coxae in female: brown. Color of hind femur: yellow throughout. Color of hind tibia: yellow at extreme base, otherwise light brown. Fore wing length in female: apex between anterior margin of T 5 and posterior margin of T 6. Color of metasoma: entirely black. Sculpture of laterotergites in female: predominantly smooth. Pilosity of laterotergites in female: absent. Sculpture of medial T 1 in female: most prominent elements predominantly longitudinal. Sculpture of medial T 2 in female: most prominent elements predominantly longitudinal. Pattern of sculpture on T 3 - T 5 in female: T 3 predominantly reticulate, T 4 - T 5 predominantly longitudinally striate to strigose. Color of pilosity on lateral T 3 - T 5 in female: predominantly golden to brown. Lateral profile of T 6 in female: more or less horizontal. Sculpture of T 6 in female: predominantly transversely rugose. Sculpture of lateral metasomal sternal bar in female: minutely reticulate throughout. Distribution of felt fields: 2 pairs present (S 2, S 3).	en	Yoder, Matthew J., Valerio, Alejandro A., Polaszek, Andrew, Noort, Simon van, Masner, Lubomir, Johnson, Norman F. (2014): Monograph of the Afrotropical species of Scelio Latreille (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae), egg parasitoids of acridid grasshoppers (Orthoptera, Acrididae). ZooKeys 380: 1-188, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755
5535C551B67DB85BFE0B8CAE4FAC1701.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Similar to other species of the brown subgroup, particularly Scelio cano. Differing from these by the combination of the presence of a medial ridge of interantennal process, the notauli indicated by a row of cells, the yellow hind tibia, the reticulate sculpture of the mesoscutum and the nearly horizontal T 6 (as seen in lateral view).	en	Yoder, Matthew J., Valerio, Alejandro A., Polaszek, Andrew, Noort, Simon van, Masner, Lubomir, Johnson, Norman F. (2014): Monograph of the Afrotropical species of Scelio Latreille (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae), egg parasitoids of acridid grasshoppers (Orthoptera, Acrididae). ZooKeys 380: 1-188, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755
5535C551B67DB85BFE0B8CAE4FAC1701.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The epithet is used as a noun in apposition derived from the Latin word for to groan, moan, sigh.	en	Yoder, Matthew J., Valerio, Alejandro A., Polaszek, Andrew, Noort, Simon van, Masner, Lubomir, Johnson, Norman F. (2014): Monograph of the Afrotropical species of Scelio Latreille (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae), egg parasitoids of acridid grasshoppers (Orthoptera, Acrididae). ZooKeys 380: 1-188, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755
9C35097BF8EEB763DDB5D02F17197707.taxon	description	Description. Female body length: 4.69 - 5.16 mm (n = 6). Male body length: 4.78 mm (n = 1). Color of pilosity of dorsal head in female: golden to brown. Occipital carina in female: percurrent. Color of pilosity of the frons below the anterior ocellus in female: predominantly golden to brown. Pilosity of eye in female: absent; present. Medial keel on interantennal process: absent. Width of lower gena in lateral view: narrowing dorsally, posterior margin of lower half of gena angled with respect to posterior orbit. Genal carina: absent. Color of genal pilosity: brown. Color of scape in female: yellow in basal half, darkening to light brown in apical half. Surface of the pronotal nucha in female: predominantly sculptured. Color of pilosity of pronotal shoulder in female: golden to dark brown, concolorous with that of mesoscutum. Sculpture of medial mesoscutum in female: predominantly longitudinally strigose to rugulose. Color of pilosity of mesoscutum in female: predominantly light brown to brown. Notaulus in female: present as more or less uninterrupted channel in posterior 1 / 2 of mesoscutum. Form of axillular carina in female: small, not particularly expanded or projected from the lateral edge of the mesoscutellum; bladelike or carinate in posterolateral corner but not forming distinct lobe. Pilosity of propodeal nucha: absent. Pilosity of netrion: absent. Surface of mesopleural depression in female: sculptured throughout; with small smooth patch ventrally. Form of ventral margin of villus in female: bent ventrally in posterior, obviously not straight throughout. Color of coxae in female: brown. Color of hind femur: dark brown with white base. Color of hind tibia: yellow at extreme base, otherwise light brown. Fore wing length in female: apex between anterior margin of T 5 and posterior margin of T 6. Color of metasoma: light reddish brown. Sculpture of laterotergites in female: predominantly smooth; predominantly aciculate. Pilosity of laterotergites in female: absent. Sculpture of medial T 1 in female: most prominent elements predominantly longitudinal. Sculpture of medial T 2 in female: most prominent elements predominantly longitudinal. Pattern of sculpture on T 3 - T 5 in female: T 3 predominantly reticulate, T 4 - T 5 predominantly longitudinally striate to strigose; predominantly longitudinally striate. Color of pilosity on lateral T 3 - T 5 in female: predominantly golden to brown. Lateral profile of T 6 in female: vertically sloped in posterior half; more or less horizontal. Sculpture of T 6 in female: predominantly rugulose to reticulate. Sculpture of lateral metasomal sternal bar in female: predominantly smooth to slightly irregularly rugose. Distribution of felt fields: 2 pairs present (S 2, S 3).	en	Yoder, Matthew J., Valerio, Alejandro A., Polaszek, Andrew, Noort, Simon van, Masner, Lubomir, Johnson, Norman F. (2014): Monograph of the Afrotropical species of Scelio Latreille (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae), egg parasitoids of acridid grasshoppers (Orthoptera, Acrididae). ZooKeys 380: 1-188, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755
9C35097BF8EEB763DDB5D02F17197707.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Most similar to Scelio susurro, Scelio cano, Scelio crepo, and Scelio tono which have the combination of brown pilosity on the pronotal shoulders, evenly distributed pilosity of the metasoma and the absence of a carina within the interantennal process. Differing from these species by the combination of the color pattern of the hind tibia (white with brown band at apex, or yellow throughout), color pattern of the scape (yellow at base and brown at apex), and sculpture of the mesoscutum (with longitudinal trend).	en	Yoder, Matthew J., Valerio, Alejandro A., Polaszek, Andrew, Noort, Simon van, Masner, Lubomir, Johnson, Norman F. (2014): Monograph of the Afrotropical species of Scelio Latreille (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae), egg parasitoids of acridid grasshoppers (Orthoptera, Acrididae). ZooKeys 380: 1-188, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755
9C35097BF8EEB763DDB5D02F17197707.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The epithet is used as a noun in apposition derived from the Latin word for grunt.	en	Yoder, Matthew J., Valerio, Alejandro A., Polaszek, Andrew, Noort, Simon van, Masner, Lubomir, Johnson, Norman F. (2014): Monograph of the Afrotropical species of Scelio Latreille (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae), egg parasitoids of acridid grasshoppers (Orthoptera, Acrididae). ZooKeys 380: 1-188, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755
42B9E02CA11A7496EDD22D3E53EE7887.taxon	description	Description. Female body length: 3.25 - 4.40 mm (n = 9). Color of pilosity of dorsal head in female: golden to brown. Occipital carina in female: broadly obliterated to absent medially. Color of pilosity of the frons below the anterior ocellus in female: predominantly white. Pilosity of eye in female: absent. Medial keel on interantennal process: absent. Width of lower gena in lateral view: wide, posterior margin of lower half of gena parallel to posterior orbit. Genal carina: absent. Color of genal pilosity: white. Color of scape in female: yellow throughout. Surface of the pronotal nucha in female: predominantly sculptured; predominantly smooth. Color of pilosity of pronotal shoulder in female: white to light brown, lighter than that of mesoscutum; golden to dark brown, concolorous with that of mesoscutum. Sculpture of medial mesoscutum in female: predominantly angular reticulate to rugulose. Color of pilosity of mesoscutum in female: predominantly light brown to brown. Notaulus in female: indicated by a row of cells. Form of axillular carina in female: small, not particularly expanded or projected from the lateral edge of the mesoscutellum. Pilosity of propo deal nucha: absent. Pilosity of netrion: absent. Surface of mesopleural depression in female: sculptured throughout. Form of ventral margin of villus in female: bent ventrally in posterior, obviously not straight throughout. Color of coxae in female: brown. Color of hind femur: dark brown throughout. Color of hind tibia: yellow throughout. Fore wing length in female: apex between anterior margin of T 5 and posterior margin of T 6. Color of metasoma: entirely dark brown. Sculpture of laterotergites in female: predominantly aciculate. Pilosity of laterotergites in female: absent. Sculpture of me dial T 1 in female: most prominent elements predominantly longitudinal. Sculpture of medial T 2 in female: most prominent elements predominantly longitudinal. Pattern of sculpture on T 3 - T 5 in female: predominantly longitudinally striate. Color of pilosity on lateral T 3 - T 5 in female: predominantly golden to brown. Lateral profile of T 6 in female: vertically sloped in posterior half; more or less horizontal. Sculpture of T 6 in female: predominantly longitudinally striate to strigose. Sculpture of lateral metasomal sternal bar in female: minutely reticulate throughout. Distribution of felt fields: 2 pairs present (S 2, S 3).	en	Yoder, Matthew J., Valerio, Alejandro A., Polaszek, Andrew, Noort, Simon van, Masner, Lubomir, Johnson, Norman F. (2014): Monograph of the Afrotropical species of Scelio Latreille (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae), egg parasitoids of acridid grasshoppers (Orthoptera, Acrididae). ZooKeys 380: 1-188, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755
42B9E02CA11A7496EDD22D3E53EE7887.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Most similar to Scelio mutio which shares a similarly shaped villus (Fig. 21), pilosity and sculpture of the mesoscutum (Fig. 195), and general habitus (Figs 193, 194). Scelio latro differs from Scelio mutio in the fine longitudinal sculpture of T 6 (vs. transversely rugulose), the aciculate sculpture of the laterotergites (vs. smooth), the pilosity of the pronotal shoulder which is lighter than that of the mesoscutum (vs. concolorous), the light brown hind femur (vs. yellow), and, subtly, the incomplete occipital carina (vs. percurrent).	en	Yoder, Matthew J., Valerio, Alejandro A., Polaszek, Andrew, Noort, Simon van, Masner, Lubomir, Johnson, Norman F. (2014): Monograph of the Afrotropical species of Scelio Latreille (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae), egg parasitoids of acridid grasshoppers (Orthoptera, Acrididae). ZooKeys 380: 1-188, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755
42B9E02CA11A7496EDD22D3E53EE7887.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The epithet is used as a noun in apposition derived from the Latin word for bark or howl.	en	Yoder, Matthew J., Valerio, Alejandro A., Polaszek, Andrew, Noort, Simon van, Masner, Lubomir, Johnson, Norman F. (2014): Monograph of the Afrotropical species of Scelio Latreille (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae), egg parasitoids of acridid grasshoppers (Orthoptera, Acrididae). ZooKeys 380: 1-188, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755
6EE11F1FF0C3B64123A61B8FBADB9F50.taxon	description	Description. Female body length: 3.20 - 3.93 mm (n = 6). Color of pilosity of dorsal head in female: golden to brown. Occipital carina in female: percurrent. Color of pilosity of the frons below the anterior ocellus in female: predominantly golden to brown. Pilosity of eye in female: present. Medial keel on interantennal process: absent. Width of lower gena in lateral view: wide, posterior margin of lower half of gena parallel to posterior orbit. Genal carina: absent. Color of genal pilosity: brown. Color of scape in female: yellow in basal half, darkening to light brown in apical half. Surface of the pronotal nucha in female: predominantly sculptured. Color of pilosity of pronotal shoulder in female: golden to dark brown, concolorous with that of mesoscutum. Sculpture of medial mesoscutum in female: predominantly angular reticulate to rugulose. Color of pilosity of mesoscutum in female: predominantly light brown to brown. Notaulus in female: not delimited. Form of axillular carina in female: small, not particularly expanded or projected from the lateral edge of the mesoscutellum. Pilosity of propodeal nucha: absent. Pilosity of netrion: absent. Surface of mesopleural depression in female: sculptured throughout. Form of ventral margin of villus in female: bent ventrally in posterior, obviously not straight throughout. Color of coxae in female: brown. Color of hind femur: dark brown throughout. Color of hind tibia: yellow at extreme base, otherwise light brown. Fore wing length in female: apex between anterior margin of T 5 and posterior margin of T 6. Color of metasoma: entirely dark brown. Sculpture of laterotergites in female: predominantly smooth. Pilosity of laterotergites in female: absent. Sculpture of medial T 1 in female: most prominent elements predominantly longitudinal. Sculpture of medial T 2 in female: most prominent elements predominantly longitudinal. Pattern of sculpture on T 3 - T 5 in female: predominantly longitudinally striate. Color of pilosity on lateral T 3 - T 5 in female: predominantly golden to brown. Lateral profile of T 6 in female: vertically sloped in posterior half. Sculpture of T 6 in female: predominantly rugulose to reticulate; predominantly transversely rugose. Sculpture of lateral metasomal sternal bar in female: minutely reticulate throughout. Distribution of felt fields: 2 pairs present (S 2, S 3).	en	Yoder, Matthew J., Valerio, Alejandro A., Polaszek, Andrew, Noort, Simon van, Masner, Lubomir, Johnson, Norman F. (2014): Monograph of the Afrotropical species of Scelio Latreille (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae), egg parasitoids of acridid grasshoppers (Orthoptera, Acrididae). ZooKeys 380: 1-188, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755
6EE11F1FF0C3B64123A61B8FBADB9F50.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Similar to other species in the brown subgroup. Differing from these by the combination of scape color (yellow or light brown at base, darkening to brown at apex), hind femur color (light brown nearly throughout), and sculpture of the lateral margin of the metasomal sternites. See also diagnosis for Scelio latro.	en	Yoder, Matthew J., Valerio, Alejandro A., Polaszek, Andrew, Noort, Simon van, Masner, Lubomir, Johnson, Norman F. (2014): Monograph of the Afrotropical species of Scelio Latreille (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae), egg parasitoids of acridid grasshoppers (Orthoptera, Acrididae). ZooKeys 380: 1-188, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755
6EE11F1FF0C3B64123A61B8FBADB9F50.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The epithet is used as a noun in apposition derived from the Latin word for mutter.	en	Yoder, Matthew J., Valerio, Alejandro A., Polaszek, Andrew, Noort, Simon van, Masner, Lubomir, Johnson, Norman F. (2014): Monograph of the Afrotropical species of Scelio Latreille (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae), egg parasitoids of acridid grasshoppers (Orthoptera, Acrididae). ZooKeys 380: 1-188, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755
5E46242EC531757FE5A368F186B2C025.taxon	description	Description. Female body length: 4.90 - 5.88 mm (n = 2). Male body length: 4.41 - 4.80 mm (n = 15). Color of pilosity of dorsal head in female: golden to brown. Occipital ca rina in female: percurrent. Color of pilosity of the frons below the anterior ocellus in female: predominantly golden to brown. Pilosity of eye in female: absent. Medial keel on interantennal process: absent. Width of lower gena in lateral view: wide, posterior margin of lower half of gena parallel to posterior orbit. Genal carina: absent. Color of genal pilosity: white. Color of scape in female: brown to dark brown throughout; yellow in basal half, darkening to light brown in apical half. Surface of the pronotal nucha in female: predominantly sculptured. Color of pilosity of pronotal shoulder in female: white to light brown, lighter than that of mesoscutum; golden to dark brown, concolorous with that of mesoscutum. Sculpture of medial mesoscutum in female: predominantly angular reticulate to rugulose. Color of pilosity of mesoscutum in female: predominantly light brown to brown. Notaulus in female: not delimited; present as more or less uninterrupted channel in posterior 1 / 2 of mesoscutum. Notaulus in male: delimited by row of cells. Form of axillular carina in female: small, not particularly expanded or projected from the lateral edge of the mesoscutellum. Pilosity of propodeal nucha: absent. Pilosity of netrion: absent. Surface of mesopleural depression in female: with small smooth patch ventrally. Form of ventral margin of villus in female: bent ventrally in posterior, obviously not straight throughout. Color of coxae in female: brown. Color of hind femur: dark brown throughout. Color of hind tibia: yellow at extreme base, otherwise light brown. Fore wing length in female: apex between anterior margin of T 5 and posterior margin of T 6. Color of metasoma: entirely dark brown. Sculpture of laterotergites in female: predominantly smooth. Pilosity of laterotergites in female: absent. Sculpture of medial T 1 in female: most prominent elements predominantly longitudinal. Sculpture of medial T 2 in female: most prominent elements predominantly reticulate rugulose; most prominent elements predominantly longitudinal. Pattern of sculpture on T 3 - T 5 in female: T 3 predominantly reticulate, T 4 - T 5 predominantly longitudinally striate to strigose. Color of pilosity on lateral T 3 - T 5 in female: predominantly white. Lateral profile of T 6 in female: more or less horizontal. Sculpture of T 6 in female: predominantly rugulose to reticulate. Sculpture of lateral metasomal sternal bar in female: predominantly smooth to slightly irregularly rugose; minutely reticulate throughout. Distribution of felt fields: 2 pairs present (S 2, S 3).	en	Yoder, Matthew J., Valerio, Alejandro A., Polaszek, Andrew, Noort, Simon van, Masner, Lubomir, Johnson, Norman F. (2014): Monograph of the Afrotropical species of Scelio Latreille (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae), egg parasitoids of acridid grasshoppers (Orthoptera, Acrididae). ZooKeys 380: 1-188, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755
5E46242EC531757FE5A368F186B2C025.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Most similar to Scelio fremo which shares similar setal patterns on the gena, lateral metasomal tergites and to some extent the pronotal shoulder and frons. In both species there are both white and golden brown setae in these areas, their distribution on the lateral metasoma is towards the posterior (anterior glabrous to sparsely setose, Fig. 210). Differing from Scelio fremo by the shorter metasoma and fore wings that surpass T 5, the curved ventral margin of the villus, and the small obliterated patch of sculpture on the ventral mesopleural depression.	en	Yoder, Matthew J., Valerio, Alejandro A., Polaszek, Andrew, Noort, Simon van, Masner, Lubomir, Johnson, Norman F. (2014): Monograph of the Afrotropical species of Scelio Latreille (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae), egg parasitoids of acridid grasshoppers (Orthoptera, Acrididae). ZooKeys 380: 1-188, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755
5E46242EC531757FE5A368F186B2C025.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The epithet is used as a noun in apposition derived from the Latin word for murmur, whisper, hum, or buzz.	en	Yoder, Matthew J., Valerio, Alejandro A., Polaszek, Andrew, Noort, Simon van, Masner, Lubomir, Johnson, Norman F. (2014): Monograph of the Afrotropical species of Scelio Latreille (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae), egg parasitoids of acridid grasshoppers (Orthoptera, Acrididae). ZooKeys 380: 1-188, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755
02E28AA40A6CCC6AF4A12F07AAEB50F9.taxon	description	Description. Female body length: 4.72 - 5.31 mm (n = 7). Color of pilosity of dorsal head in female: golden to brown. Occipital carina in female: percurrent. Color of pilosity of the frons below the anterior ocellus in female: predominantly golden to brown. Pilosity of eye in female: absent. Medial keel on interantennal process: absent. Width of lower gena in lateral view: narrowing dorsally, posterior margin of lower half of gena angled with respect to posterior orbit. Genal carina: present. Color of genal pilosity: brown. Color of scape in female: brown to dark brown throughout. Surface of the pronotal nucha in female: predominantly sculptured. Color of pilosity of pronotal shoulder in female: golden to dark brown, concolorous with that of mesoscutum. Sculpture of medial mesoscutum in female: predominantly longitudinally strigose to rugulose. Color of pilosity of mesoscutum in female: predominantly light brown to brown. Notaulus in female: present as more or less uninterrupted channel in posterior 1 / 2 of mesoscutum. Notaulus in male: present as more or less uninterrupted channel in posterior 1 / 2 of mesoscutum. Form of axillular carina in female: bladelike or carinate in posterolateral corner but not forming distinct lobe. Pilosity of propodeal nucha: absent. Pilosity of netrion: absent. Surface of mesopleural depression in female: sculptured throughout. Form of ventral margin of villus in female: bent ventrally in posterior, obviously not straight throughout. Color of coxae in female: brown. Color of hind femur: dark brown throughout. Color of hind tibia: yellow at extreme base, otherwise light brown. Fore wing length in female: apex between anterior margin of T 5 and posterior margin of T 6; apex surpassing posterior margin of T 6. Color of metasoma: entirely dark brown. Sculpture of laterotergites in female: predominantly smooth. Pilosity of laterotergites in female: absent. Sculpture of medial T 1 in female: most prominent elements predominantly longitudinal. Sculpture of medial T 2 in female: most prominent elements predominantly longitudinal. Pattern of sculpture on T 3 - T 5 in female: T 3 predominantly reticulate, T 4 - T 5 predominantly longitudinally striate to strigose. Color of pilosity on lateral T 3 - T 5 in female: predominantly golden to brown. Lateral profile of T 6 in female: more or less horizontal. Sculpture of T 6 in female: predominantly rugulose to reticulate. Sculpture of lateral metasomal sternal bar in female: predominantly smooth to slightly irregularly rugose. Distribution of felt fields: 2 pairs present (S 2, S 3).	en	Yoder, Matthew J., Valerio, Alejandro A., Polaszek, Andrew, Noort, Simon van, Masner, Lubomir, Johnson, Norman F. (2014): Monograph of the Afrotropical species of Scelio Latreille (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae), egg parasitoids of acridid grasshoppers (Orthoptera, Acrididae). ZooKeys 380: 1-188, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755
02E28AA40A6CCC6AF4A12F07AAEB50F9.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Most similar to Scelio cano which shares the brown pilosity of the pronotal shoulder and mesoscutum, the brown scape and similarly colored tibiae (Fig. 212). Differing from Scelio cano by the combination of the presence of notauli (indicated as a clear channel in posterior half vs. more or less obscured) and the well-developed axillular carina that extends above the dorsal surface of the mesoscutellum (not expanded past dorsal surface in Scelio cano).	en	Yoder, Matthew J., Valerio, Alejandro A., Polaszek, Andrew, Noort, Simon van, Masner, Lubomir, Johnson, Norman F. (2014): Monograph of the Afrotropical species of Scelio Latreille (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae), egg parasitoids of acridid grasshoppers (Orthoptera, Acrididae). ZooKeys 380: 1-188, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755
02E28AA40A6CCC6AF4A12F07AAEB50F9.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The epithet is used as a noun in apposition derived from the Latin word for sound.	en	Yoder, Matthew J., Valerio, Alejandro A., Polaszek, Andrew, Noort, Simon van, Masner, Lubomir, Johnson, Norman F. (2014): Monograph of the Afrotropical species of Scelio Latreille (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae), egg parasitoids of acridid grasshoppers (Orthoptera, Acrididae). ZooKeys 380: 1-188, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755
33E18A7B94A87D72F034205772A8602F.taxon	description	Description. Female body length: 4.10 mm (n = 1). Color of pilosity of dorsal head in female: golden to brown. Occipital carina in female: percurrent. Color of pilosity of the frons below the anterior ocellus in female: predominantly golden to brown. Pilosity of eye in female: absent. Medial keel on interantennal process: absent. Width of lower gena in lateral view: wide, posterior margin of lower half of gena parallel to posterior orbit. Genal carina: absent. Color of genal pilosity: brown. Color of scape in female: brown to dark brown throughout. Surface of the pronotal nucha in female: predominantly sculptured. Color of pilosity of pronotal shoulder in female: golden to dark brown, concolorous with that of mesoscutum. Sculpture of medial mesoscutum in female: predominantly angular reticulate to rugulose. Color of pilosity of mesoscutum in female: predominantly light brown to brown. Notaulus in female: indicated by a row of cells. Form of axillular carina in female: small, not particularly expanded or projected from the lateral edge of the mesoscutellum. Pilosity of propodeal nucha: present. Pilosity of netrion: absent. Surface of mesopleural depression in female: sculptured throughout. Form of ventral margin of villus in female: bent ventrally in posterior, obviously not straight throughout. Color of coxae in female: brown. Color of hind femur: dark brown throughout. Color of hind tibia: brown throughout. Fore wing length in female: apex between anterior margin of T 5 and posterior margin of T 6. Color of metasoma: entirely black. Sculpture of laterotergites in female: predominantly smooth. Pilosity of laterotergites in female: absent. Sculpture of medial T 1 in female: most prominent elements predominantly longitudinal. Sculpture of medial T 2 in female: most prominent elements predominantly longitudinal. Pattern of sculpture on T 3 - T 5 in female: predominantly longitudinally striate. Color of pilosity on lateral T 3 - T 5 in female: predominantly golden to brown. Lateral profile of T 6 in female: more or less horizontal. Sculpture of T 6 in female: predominantly rugulose to reticulate. Sculpture of lateral metasomal sternal bar in female: predominantly smooth to slightly irregularly rugose. Distribution of felt fields: 2 pairs present (S 2, S 3).	en	Yoder, Matthew J., Valerio, Alejandro A., Polaszek, Andrew, Noort, Simon van, Masner, Lubomir, Johnson, Norman F. (2014): Monograph of the Afrotropical species of Scelio Latreille (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae), egg parasitoids of acridid grasshoppers (Orthoptera, Acrididae). ZooKeys 380: 1-188, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755
33E18A7B94A87D72F034205772A8602F.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Differing from other brown subgroup species by the combination of the uniformly brown scape and tibiae, and the distinct notauli with thickened medial margins.	en	Yoder, Matthew J., Valerio, Alejandro A., Polaszek, Andrew, Noort, Simon van, Masner, Lubomir, Johnson, Norman F. (2014): Monograph of the Afrotropical species of Scelio Latreille (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae), egg parasitoids of acridid grasshoppers (Orthoptera, Acrididae). ZooKeys 380: 1-188, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755
C4D612C20F47F0F84CFA117BE0AFE200.taxon	description	Description. Female body length: 3.98 - 4.34 mm (n = 4). Male body length: 3.76 - 4.44 mm (n = 2). Color of pilosity of dorsal head in female: white. Occipital carina in female: percurrent. Color of pilosity of the frons below the anterior ocellus in female: predominantly white. Pilosity of eye in female: absent. Medial keel on interantennal process: absent. Width of lower gena in lateral view: wide, posterior margin of lower half of gena parallel to posterior orbit. Genal carina: absent. Color of genal pilosity: brown. Color of scape in female: brown to dark brown throughout. Surface of the pronotal nucha in female: predominantly smooth. Color of pilosity of pronotal shoulder in female: white to light brown, lighter than that of mesoscutum. Sculpture of medial mesoscutum in female: smooth with rounded punctures. Color of pilosity of mesoscutum in female: predominantly white to off-white. Notaulus in female: not delimited. Notaulus in male: not delimited. Form of axillular carina in female: small, not particularly expanded or projected from the lateral edge of the mesoscutellum. Pilosity of propodeal nucha: absent. Pilosity of netrion: absent. Surface of mesopleural depression in female: with large smooth patch. Form of ventral margin of villus in female: very slightly concave, almost straight. Color of coxae in female: brown. Color of hind femur: dark brown throughout. Color of hind tibia: yellow throughout. Fore wing length in female: apex surpassing posterior margin of T 6. Color of metasoma: entirely black. Sculpture of laterotergites in female: predominantly aciculate. Pilosity of laterotergites in female: absent. Sculpture of medial T 1 in female: most prominent elements predominantly longitudinal. Sculpture of medial T 2 in female: most prominent elements predominantly longitudinal. Pattern of sculpture on T 3 - T 5 in female: predominantly longitudinally striate. Color of pilosity on lateral T 3 - T 5 in female: predominantly white. Lateral profile of T 6 in female: more or less horizontal. Sculpture of T 6 in female: predominantly rugulose to reticulate. Sculpture of lateral metasomal sternal bar in female: predominantly smooth to slightly irregularly rugose. Distribution of felt fields: 3 pairs present (S 2, S 3, S 4).	en	Yoder, Matthew J., Valerio, Alejandro A., Polaszek, Andrew, Noort, Simon van, Masner, Lubomir, Johnson, Norman F. (2014): Monograph of the Afrotropical species of Scelio Latreille (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae), egg parasitoids of acridid grasshoppers (Orthoptera, Acrididae). ZooKeys 380: 1-188, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755
C4D612C20F47F0F84CFA117BE0AFE200.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Unique among all Afrotropical Scelio in the presence of 3 well-developed pairs of felt fields (on S 2, S 3 and S 4) and the nearly completely smooth mesoscutum with only small punctures (vs. angular to roundly reticulate or striate strigose).	en	Yoder, Matthew J., Valerio, Alejandro A., Polaszek, Andrew, Noort, Simon van, Masner, Lubomir, Johnson, Norman F. (2014): Monograph of the Afrotropical species of Scelio Latreille (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae), egg parasitoids of acridid grasshoppers (Orthoptera, Acrididae). ZooKeys 380: 1-188, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755
C4D612C20F47F0F84CFA117BE0AFE200.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The epithet is used as a noun in apposition derived from the Latin word for boil over, in reference to the bubblelike sculpture of the mesoscutellum.	en	Yoder, Matthew J., Valerio, Alejandro A., Polaszek, Andrew, Noort, Simon van, Masner, Lubomir, Johnson, Norman F. (2014): Monograph of the Afrotropical species of Scelio Latreille (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae), egg parasitoids of acridid grasshoppers (Orthoptera, Acrididae). ZooKeys 380: 1-188, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755
98FBD1A181BA684F14B405DBA6226DA7.taxon	description	Description. Female body length: 3.75 - 4.34 mm (n = 20). Male body length: 3.80 - 4.32 mm (n = 13). Color of pilosity of dorsal head in female: white; golden to brown. Occipital carina in female: percurrent. Color of pilosity of the frons below the anterior ocellus in female: predominantly white. Pilosity of eye in female: absent; present. Medial keel on interantennal process: absent. Width of lower gena in lateral view: narrowing dorsally, posterior margin of lower half of gena angled with respect to posterior orbit. Genal carina: absent. Color of genal pilosity: white. Color of scape in female: brown to dark brown throughout. Surface of the pronotal nucha in female: predominantly sculptured. Color of pilosity of pronotal shoulder in female: white to light brown, lighter than that of mesoscutum. Sculpture of medial mesoscutum in female: predominantly angular reticulate to rugulose. Color of pilosity of mesoscutum in female: predominantly yellow to golden. Notaulus in female: not delimited; indicated by a row of cells. Form of axillular carina in female: small, not particularly expanded or projected from the lateral edge of the mesoscutellum. Pilosity of propodeal nucha: absent. Pilosity of netrion: absent. Surface of mesopleural depression in female: sculptured throughout; with small smooth patch ventrally. Form of ventral margin of villus in female: very slightly concave, almost straight. Color of coxae in female: brown. Color of hind femur: dark brown with white base. Color of hind tibia: yellow throughout. Fore wing length in female: apex between anterior margin of T 5 and posterior margin of T 6. Color of metasoma: entirely dark brown. Sculpture of laterotergites in female: predominantly smooth. Pilosity of laterotergites in female: absent. Sculpture of medial T 1 in female: most prominent elements predominantly longitudinal. Sculpture of medial T 2 in female: most prominent elements predominantly reticulate rugulose; most prominent elements predominantly longitudinal. Pattern of sculpture on T 3 - T 5 in female: T 3 predominantly reticulate, T 4 - T 5 predominantly longitudinally striate to strigose. Color of pilosity on lateral T 3 - T 5 in female: predominantly white; predominantly golden to brown; more or less evenly split between white and brown. Lateral profile of T 6 in female: more or less horizontal. Sculpture of T 6 in female: predominantly rugulose to reticulate. Sculpture of lateral metasomal sternal bar in female: minutely reticulate throughout. Distribution of felt fields: 2 pairs present (S 2, S 3).	en	Yoder, Matthew J., Valerio, Alejandro A., Polaszek, Andrew, Noort, Simon van, Masner, Lubomir, Johnson, Norman F. (2014): Monograph of the Afrotropical species of Scelio Latreille (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae), egg parasitoids of acridid grasshoppers (Orthoptera, Acrididae). ZooKeys 380: 1-188, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755
98FBD1A181BA684F14B405DBA6226DA7.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Very similar to Scelio pipilo which shares a similar habitus, reticulate sculpture of the frons, brown to dark brown scape, somewhat bulging eye, and brown pilosity of the lateral metasoma. Differing from Scelio pipilo by the narrow gena with genal carina weakly developed (gena wide and no genal carina discernible in Scelio pipilo).	en	Yoder, Matthew J., Valerio, Alejandro A., Polaszek, Andrew, Noort, Simon van, Masner, Lubomir, Johnson, Norman F. (2014): Monograph of the Afrotropical species of Scelio Latreille (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae), egg parasitoids of acridid grasshoppers (Orthoptera, Acrididae). ZooKeys 380: 1-188, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755
98FBD1A181BA684F14B405DBA6226DA7.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The epithet is used as a noun in apposition derived from the Latin word for squeak like a mouse.	en	Yoder, Matthew J., Valerio, Alejandro A., Polaszek, Andrew, Noort, Simon van, Masner, Lubomir, Johnson, Norman F. (2014): Monograph of the Afrotropical species of Scelio Latreille (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae), egg parasitoids of acridid grasshoppers (Orthoptera, Acrididae). ZooKeys 380: 1-188, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755
A38E4AAC9DAA13EC56059B58555D0D17.taxon	description	Description. Female body length: 4.08 mm (n = 1). Color of pilosity of dorsal head in female: golden to brown. Occipital carina in female: percurrent. Color of pilosity of the frons below the anterior ocellus in female: predominantly golden to brown. Pilosity of eye in female: absent. Medial keel on interantennal process: absent. Width of lower gena in lateral view: wide, posterior margin of lower half of gena parallel to posterior orbit. Genal carina: absent. Color of genal pilosity: brown. Color of scape in female: yellow throughout. Surface of the pronotal nucha in female: predominantly smooth. Color of pilosity of pronotal shoulder in female: golden to dark brown, concolorous with that of mesoscutum. Sculpture of medial mesoscutum in female: predominantly angular reticulate to rugulose. Color of pilosity of mesoscutum in female: predominantly light brown to brown. Notaulus in female: indicated by a row of cells. Form of axillular carina in female: small, not particularly expanded or projected from the lateral edge of the mesoscutellum. Pilosity of propodeal nucha: absent. Pilosity of netrion: absent. Surface of mesopleural depression in female: sculptured throughout. Form of ventral margin of villus in female: bent ventrally in posterior, obviously not straight throughout. Color of coxae in female: basal half brown, distal half yellow. Color of hind femur: dark brown throughout. Color of hind tibia: yellow throughout. Fore wing length in female: apex not reaching anterior margin of T 5. Color of metasoma: light reddish brown. Sculpture of laterotergites in female: predominantly aciculate. Pilosity of laterotergites in female: absent. Sculpture of medial T 1 in female: most prominent elements predominantly reticulate rugulose. Sculpture of medial T 2 in female: most prominent elements predominantly longitudinal. Pattern of sculpture on T 3 - T 5 in female: predominantly longitudinally striate. Color of pilosity on lateral T 3 - T 5 in female: predominantly golden to brown. Lateral profile of T 6 in female: vertically sloped in posterior half. Sculpture of T 6 in female: predominantly rugulose to reticulate. Sculpture of lateral metasomal sternal bar in female: predominantly smooth to slightly irregularly rugose. Distribution of felt fields: 3 pairs present (S 2, S 3, S 4).	en	Yoder, Matthew J., Valerio, Alejandro A., Polaszek, Andrew, Noort, Simon van, Masner, Lubomir, Johnson, Norman F. (2014): Monograph of the Afrotropical species of Scelio Latreille (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae), egg parasitoids of acridid grasshoppers (Orthoptera, Acrididae). ZooKeys 380: 1-188, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755
A38E4AAC9DAA13EC56059B58555D0D17.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Superficially similar to other Afrotropical howardi-group species of the brown subgroup, sharing the brown pilosity of the pronotal shoulder. This species may be distinguished from all African Scelio by the brachypterous wings (Fig. 233). The robust sculpture of the lateral metasoma (Fig. 238) is also relatively distinct for African Scelio.	en	Yoder, Matthew J., Valerio, Alejandro A., Polaszek, Andrew, Noort, Simon van, Masner, Lubomir, Johnson, Norman F. (2014): Monograph of the Afrotropical species of Scelio Latreille (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae), egg parasitoids of acridid grasshoppers (Orthoptera, Acrididae). ZooKeys 380: 1-188, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755
A38E4AAC9DAA13EC56059B58555D0D17.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The epithet is an adjective, the Latin word for memorable, in reference to the unique state of the wing development.	en	Yoder, Matthew J., Valerio, Alejandro A., Polaszek, Andrew, Noort, Simon van, Masner, Lubomir, Johnson, Norman F. (2014): Monograph of the Afrotropical species of Scelio Latreille (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae), egg parasitoids of acridid grasshoppers (Orthoptera, Acrididae). ZooKeys 380: 1-188, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755
EFB318786FE759E60FA902E676CBE79F.taxon	description	Description. Female body length: 3.32 - 4.06 mm (n = 15). Male body length: 3.46 - 4.00 mm (n = 2). Color of pilosity of dorsal head in female: golden to brown. Occipital carina in female: percurrent. Color of pilosity of the frons below the anterior ocellus in female: predominantly white; predominantly golden to brown. Pilosity of eye in female: absent. Medial keel on interantennal process: absent. Width of lower gena in lateral view: wide, posterior margin of lower half of gena parallel to posterior orbit. Genal carina: absent. Color of genal pilosity: white. Color of scape in female: brown to dark brown throughout. Surface of the pronotal nucha in female: predominantly smooth. Color of pilosity of pronotal shoulder in female: golden to dark brown, concolorous with that of mesoscutum. Sculpture of medial mesoscutum in female: predominantly with rounded cells. Color of pilosity of mesoscutum in female: predominantly light brown to brown. Notaulus in female: not delimited. Notaulus in male: not delimited. Form of axillular carina in female: small, not particularly expanded or projected from the lateral edge of the mesoscutellum. Pilosity of propodeal nucha: present. Pilosity of netrion: present. Surface of mesopleural depression in female: sculptured throughout. Form of ventral margin of villus in female: very slightly concave, almost straight. Color of coxae in female: brown. Color of hind femur: dark brown throughout. Color of hind tibia: yellow at extreme base, otherwise light brown. Fore wing length in female: apex between anterior margin of T 5 and posterior margin of T 6. Color of metasoma: entirely dark brown. Sculpture of laterotergites in female: predominantly smooth. Pilosity of laterotergites in female: present. Sculpture of medial T 1 in female: most prominent elements predominantly longitudinal. Sculpture of medial T 2 in female: most prominent elements predominantly longitudinal. Pattern of sculpture on T 3 - T 5 in female: predominantly longitudinally striate. Color of pilosity on lateral T 3 - T 5 in female: predominantly white; predominantly golden to brown. Lateral profile of T 6 in female: vertically sloped in posterior half. Sculpture of T 6 in female: predominantly rugulose to reticulate. Sculpture of lateral metasomal sternal bar in female: predominantly smooth to slightly irregularly rugose. Distribution of felt fields: 2 pairs present (S 2, S 3).	en	Yoder, Matthew J., Valerio, Alejandro A., Polaszek, Andrew, Noort, Simon van, Masner, Lubomir, Johnson, Norman F. (2014): Monograph of the Afrotropical species of Scelio Latreille (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae), egg parasitoids of acridid grasshoppers (Orthoptera, Acrididae). ZooKeys 380: 1-188, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755
EFB318786FE759E60FA902E676CBE79F.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Easily differentiated from all other Afrotropical howardi-group species by the setose netrion and the sparsely setose anterior of the propodeal nucha.	en	Yoder, Matthew J., Valerio, Alejandro A., Polaszek, Andrew, Noort, Simon van, Masner, Lubomir, Johnson, Norman F. (2014): Monograph of the Afrotropical species of Scelio Latreille (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae), egg parasitoids of acridid grasshoppers (Orthoptera, Acrididae). ZooKeys 380: 1-188, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755
48BA52F1C831277FC627D0106DD4D3DD.taxon	description	Description. Female body length: 4.64 - 5.52 mm (n = 13). Male body length: 4.20 - 5.39 mm (n = 5). Color of pilosity of dorsal head in female: white. Occipital carina in female: percurrent. Color of pilosity of the frons below the anterior ocellus in female: predominantly white. Pilosity of eye in female: absent; present. Medial keel on interantennal process: absent. Width of lower gena in lateral view: wide, posterior margin of lower half of gena parallel to posterior orbit. Genal carina: absent. Color of genal pilosity: white. Color of scape in female: brown to dark brown throughout. Surface of the pronotal nucha in female: predominantly sculptured. Color of pilosity of pronotal shoulder in female: white to light brown, lighter than that of mesoscutum. Sculpture of medial mesoscutum in female: predominantly angular reticulate to rugulose. Color of pilosity of mesoscutum in female: predominantly yellow to golden. Notaulus in female: indicated by a row of cells. Form of axillular carina in female: small, not particularly expanded or projected from the lateral edge of the mesoscutellum. Pilosity of propodeal nucha: absent. Pilosity of netrion: absent. Surface of mesopleural depression in female: sculptured throughout. Form of ventral margin of villus in female: very slightly concave, almost straight. Color of coxae in female: brown. Color of hind femur: dark brown throughout. Color of hind tibia: yellow throughout. Fore wing length in female: apex between anterior margin of T 5 and posterior margin of T 6. Color of metasoma: entirely dark brown. Sculpture of laterotergites in female: predominantly smooth. Pilosity of laterotergites in female: absent. Sculpture of medial T 1 in female: most prominent elements predominantly longitudinal. Sculpture of medial T 2 in female: most prominent elements predominantly longitudinal. Pattern of sculpture on T 3 - T 5 in female: T 3 predominantly reticulate, T 4 - T 5 predominantly longitudinally striate to strigose. Color of pilosity on lateral T 3 - T 5 in female: predominantly golden to brown. Lateral profile of T 6 in female: more or less horizontal. Sculpture of T 6 in female: predominantly rugulose to reticulate. Sculpture of lateral metasomal sternal bar in female: minutely reticulate throughout. Distribution of felt fields: 2 pairs present (S 2, S 3).	en	Yoder, Matthew J., Valerio, Alejandro A., Polaszek, Andrew, Noort, Simon van, Masner, Lubomir, Johnson, Norman F. (2014): Monograph of the Afrotropical species of Scelio Latreille (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae), egg parasitoids of acridid grasshoppers (Orthoptera, Acrididae). ZooKeys 380: 1-188, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755
48BA52F1C831277FC627D0106DD4D3DD.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Very similar to Scelio destico in habitus, reticulate sculpture of the frons, brown to dark brown scape, somewhat bulging eye, and brown pilosity of the lateral metasoma. This species differs in the absence of a genal carina and, in lateral view, the posterior margin of the lower half of the gena is parallel to the posterior orbit making the gena appear wider.	en	Yoder, Matthew J., Valerio, Alejandro A., Polaszek, Andrew, Noort, Simon van, Masner, Lubomir, Johnson, Norman F. (2014): Monograph of the Afrotropical species of Scelio Latreille (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae), egg parasitoids of acridid grasshoppers (Orthoptera, Acrididae). ZooKeys 380: 1-188, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755
48BA52F1C831277FC627D0106DD4D3DD.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The epithet is used as a noun in apposition derived from the Latin word for chirp, twitter.	en	Yoder, Matthew J., Valerio, Alejandro A., Polaszek, Andrew, Noort, Simon van, Masner, Lubomir, Johnson, Norman F. (2014): Monograph of the Afrotropical species of Scelio Latreille (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae), egg parasitoids of acridid grasshoppers (Orthoptera, Acrididae). ZooKeys 380: 1-188, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755
C30F53778C9C5CAC30E3DBD1DE906264.taxon	description	Description. Female body length: 5.12 - 5.72 mm (n = 9). Male body length: 5.32 - 5.50 mm (n = 2). Color of scape in female: brown. Surface of dorsal head in female: covered throughout with very fine sculpture. Occipital carina in female: broadly obliterated medially. Profile of posterior margin of head in lateral view: produced posteriorly, head appearing wedge-shaped. Width of genal setae: narrow to moderately wide. Shape of medial anteclypeus in female: strongly projected, trapezoidal, bilobed apically. Surface of mandible base in female: smooth. Form of mesosoma in female: typically formed, with propodeal shelf moderately elongate and clearly visible in dorsal view. Surface of pronotal nucha in female: sculptured throughout. Transverse pronotal carina in female: developed laterally, absent medially, not percurrent. Shape of mesoscutellum: semicircular to weakly transverse, evenly rounded posteriorly. Surface of propodeal nucha in female: with medial furrow, otherwise smooth. Surface of propodeal shelf in female: sculptured throughout. Color of metasoma in female: orange throughout. Sculpture of T 6: finely longitudinally striae.	en	Yoder, Matthew J., Valerio, Alejandro A., Polaszek, Andrew, Noort, Simon van, Masner, Lubomir, Johnson, Norman F. (2014): Monograph of the Afrotropical species of Scelio Latreille (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae), egg parasitoids of acridid grasshoppers (Orthoptera, Acrididae). ZooKeys 380: 1-188, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755
C30F53778C9C5CAC30E3DBD1DE906264.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. This species is most similar to Scelio ipomeae and Scelio impostor which share the medially interrupted transverse pronotal carina. It is easily distinguished from both these species by the prominently bilobed anteclypeus (truncate to slightly concave in both others), the broadly obliterated occipital carina (percurrent in both others), and the completely orange metasoma (apically brown in Scelio ipomeae and brown throughout in Scelio impostor, but see Comments for these species). Scelio aurantium is further recognizable by its relatively large size and slightly elongate habitus.	en	Yoder, Matthew J., Valerio, Alejandro A., Polaszek, Andrew, Noort, Simon van, Masner, Lubomir, Johnson, Norman F. (2014): Monograph of the Afrotropical species of Scelio Latreille (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae), egg parasitoids of acridid grasshoppers (Orthoptera, Acrididae). ZooKeys 380: 1-188, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755
C30F53778C9C5CAC30E3DBD1DE906264.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The epithet is used as a noun in apposition derived from the Latin word for orange, the fruit.	en	Yoder, Matthew J., Valerio, Alejandro A., Polaszek, Andrew, Noort, Simon van, Masner, Lubomir, Johnson, Norman F. (2014): Monograph of the Afrotropical species of Scelio Latreille (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae), egg parasitoids of acridid grasshoppers (Orthoptera, Acrididae). ZooKeys 380: 1-188, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755
A5BE3BC39455A288273C76285476CEC6.taxon	description	Description. Female body length: 3.20 - 4.44 mm (n = 12). Male body length: 3.80 mm (n = 1). Color of scape in female: brown. Surface of dorsal head in female: covered throughout with very fine sculpture. Occipital carina in female: percurrent. Profile of posterior margin of head in lateral view: produced posteriorly, head appearing wedge-shaped. Width of genal setae: narrow to moderately wide. Shape of medial anteclypeus in female: narrow, trapezoidal, not strongly projected medially, apically slightly truncate to very weakly bilobed. Surface of mandible base in female: smooth. Form of mesosoma in female: typically formed, with propodeal shelf moderately elongate and clearly visible in dorsal view. Surface of pronotal nucha in female: sculptured throughout. Transverse pronotal carina in female: developed laterally, absent medially, not percurrent. Shape of mesoscutellum: semicircular to weakly transverse, evenly rounded posteriorly. Surface of propodeal nucha in female: sculptured throughout. Surface of propodeal shelf in female: sculptured throughout. Color of metasoma in female: brown, T 5 - T 6 dark brown. Sculpture of T 6: finely longitudinally striae.	en	Yoder, Matthew J., Valerio, Alejandro A., Polaszek, Andrew, Noort, Simon van, Masner, Lubomir, Johnson, Norman F. (2014): Monograph of the Afrotropical species of Scelio Latreille (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae), egg parasitoids of acridid grasshoppers (Orthoptera, Acrididae). ZooKeys 380: 1-188, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755
A5BE3BC39455A288273C76285476CEC6.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. This species is most similar to Scelio ipomeae which shares a similarly developed clypeus and anteclypeus and similar general habitus. Scelio impostor may be distinguished from Scelio ipomeae by the sparse, narrow pilosity of the gena (Scelio ipomeae with pilosity of the gena denser, setae thicker) and the brown metasoma (orange in Scelio ipomeae, but see Comments for that species). Individuals of Scelio ipomeae have the head somewhat wedge shaped in lateral view (Fig. 266), whereas those of Scelio impostor are typically more rounded (Fig. 262).	en	Yoder, Matthew J., Valerio, Alejandro A., Polaszek, Andrew, Noort, Simon van, Masner, Lubomir, Johnson, Norman F. (2014): Monograph of the Afrotropical species of Scelio Latreille (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae), egg parasitoids of acridid grasshoppers (Orthoptera, Acrididae). ZooKeys 380: 1-188, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755
A5BE3BC39455A288273C76285476CEC6.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The epithet is used as a noun in apposition derived from the English, in reference to the similarity to Scelio ipomeae.	en	Yoder, Matthew J., Valerio, Alejandro A., Polaszek, Andrew, Noort, Simon van, Masner, Lubomir, Johnson, Norman F. (2014): Monograph of the Afrotropical species of Scelio Latreille (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae), egg parasitoids of acridid grasshoppers (Orthoptera, Acrididae). ZooKeys 380: 1-188, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755
03AAB9E0BEFC29B01143AB32CFF2F71C.taxon	description	Description. Female body length: 3.34 - 3.48 mm (n = 2). Male body length: 2.77 - 4.50 mm (n = 19). Color of scape in female: yellow. Surface of dorsal head in female: covered throughout with very fine sculpture. Occipital carina in female: percurrent. Profile of posterior margin of head in lateral view: evenly arcuate, head appearing lenticular. Width of genal setae: thick. Shape of medial anteclypeus in female: narrow, trapezoidal, not strongly projected medially, apically slightly truncate to very weakly bilobed. Surface of mandible base in female: smooth. Form of mesosoma in female: typically formed, with propodeal shelf moderately elongate and clearly visible in dorsal view. Surface of pronotal nucha in female: sculptured throughout. Transverse pronotal carina in female: developed laterally, absent medially, not percurrent. Shape of mesoscutellum: semicircular to weakly transverse, evenly rounded posteriorly. Surface of propodeal nucha in female: sculptured throughout. Surface of propodeal shelf in female: sculptured throughout. Color of metasoma in female: orange, T 6 and / or T 5 infuscate brown. Sculpture of T 6: finely longitudinally striae.	en	Yoder, Matthew J., Valerio, Alejandro A., Polaszek, Andrew, Noort, Simon van, Masner, Lubomir, Johnson, Norman F. (2014): Monograph of the Afrotropical species of Scelio Latreille (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae), egg parasitoids of acridid grasshoppers (Orthoptera, Acrididae). ZooKeys 380: 1-188, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755
03AAB9E0BEFC29B01143AB32CFF2F71C.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. This species is most similar to Scelio aurantium and Scelio impostor which share the medially interrupted transverse pronotal carina. Scelio ipomeae differs from Scelio aurantium by the complete occipital carina (vs. broadly obliterated) and the brown infuscation of T 5 and T 6 (vs. orange metasoma throughout). It differs from Scelio impostor by the dense patch of thicker white setae on the gena (vs. sparse thinner setae), wedge-shaped head in lateral view (vs. more rounded), and orange metasoma (vs. brown).	en	Yoder, Matthew J., Valerio, Alejandro A., Polaszek, Andrew, Noort, Simon van, Masner, Lubomir, Johnson, Norman F. (2014): Monograph of the Afrotropical species of Scelio Latreille (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae), egg parasitoids of acridid grasshoppers (Orthoptera, Acrididae). ZooKeys 380: 1-188, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755
EBAE5099E3C7386BC6A30D8016E9E8C8.taxon	description	Description. Female body length: 4.40 mm (n = 1). Color of scape in female: brown. Surface of dorsal head in female: covered throughout with very fine sculpture. Occipital carina in female: percurrent. Profile of posterior margin of head in lateral view: evenly arcuate, head appearing lenticular. Width of genal setae: narrow to moderately wide. Shape of medial anteclypeus in female: narrow, strip like, truncate apically. Surface of mandible base in female: with fine reticulate sculpture. Form of mesosoma in female: compact, with propodeal shelf short very strongly sloped and barely visible in dorsal view. Surface of pronotal nucha in female: with slight but prominent obliterated / smooth patch, otherwise sculptured throughout. Transverse pronotal carina in female: percurrent, not interrupted medially. Shape of mesoscutellum: semicircular to weakly transverse, evenly rounded posteriorly. Surface of propodeal nucha in female: with medial furrow, otherwise smooth. Surface of propodeal shelf in female: sculptured throughout. Color of metasoma in female: brown, T 5 - T 6 dark brown. Sculpture of T 6: coarsely rugose reticulate.	en	Yoder, Matthew J., Valerio, Alejandro A., Polaszek, Andrew, Noort, Simon van, Masner, Lubomir, Johnson, Norman F. (2014): Monograph of the Afrotropical species of Scelio Latreille (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae), egg parasitoids of acridid grasshoppers (Orthoptera, Acrididae). ZooKeys 380: 1-188, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755
EBAE5099E3C7386BC6A30D8016E9E8C8.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Scelio ntchisii is most similar to Scelio somaliensis with which it shares the similarly shaped, compact mesosoma and percurrent transverse pronotal carina. It differs from Scelio somaliensis by the coarse reticulate sculpture of T 6 (longitudinal, fine in Scelio somaliensis) and the brown scape (yellow in Scelio somaliensis). Scelio ntchisii is the only species in the ipomeae-group to have the oxter more or less sculptured (reticulate) throughout.	en	Yoder, Matthew J., Valerio, Alejandro A., Polaszek, Andrew, Noort, Simon van, Masner, Lubomir, Johnson, Norman F. (2014): Monograph of the Afrotropical species of Scelio Latreille (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae), egg parasitoids of acridid grasshoppers (Orthoptera, Acrididae). ZooKeys 380: 1-188, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755
EBAE5099E3C7386BC6A30D8016E9E8C8.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The epithet is used as a genitive noun derived from the name of the type locality.	en	Yoder, Matthew J., Valerio, Alejandro A., Polaszek, Andrew, Noort, Simon van, Masner, Lubomir, Johnson, Norman F. (2014): Monograph of the Afrotropical species of Scelio Latreille (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae), egg parasitoids of acridid grasshoppers (Orthoptera, Acrididae). ZooKeys 380: 1-188, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755
8CA34F9FF07C6898C27F5927E6ABF92B.taxon	description	Description. Female body length: 2.86 mm (n = 1). Color of scape in female: yellow. Surface of dorsal head in female: covered throughout with very fine sculpture. Occipital carina in female: percurrent. Profile of posterior margin of head in lateral view: evenly arcuate, head appearing lenticular. Width of genal setae: thick. Shape of medial anteclypeus in female: narrow, strip like, truncate apically. Surface of mandible base in female: with fine reticulate sculpture. Form of mesosoma in female: compact, with propodeal shelf short very strongly sloped and barely visible in dorsal view. Surface of pronotal nucha in female: sculptured throughout. Transverse pronotal carina in female: percurrent, not interrupted medially. Shape of mesoscutellum: semicircular to weakly transverse, evenly rounded posteriorly. Surface of propodeal nucha in female: smooth throughout. Surface of propodeal shelf in female: sculptured throughout. Color of metasoma in female: brown. Sculpture of T 6: finely longitudinally striae.	en	Yoder, Matthew J., Valerio, Alejandro A., Polaszek, Andrew, Noort, Simon van, Masner, Lubomir, Johnson, Norman F. (2014): Monograph of the Afrotropical species of Scelio Latreille (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae), egg parasitoids of acridid grasshoppers (Orthoptera, Acrididae). ZooKeys 380: 1-188, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755
8CA34F9FF07C6898C27F5927E6ABF92B.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. This species is most similar to Scelio ntchisii which shares the similarly shaped compact mesosoma and percurrent transverse pronotal carina. It differs in the fine longitudinal sculpture of T 6 (coarsely reticulate in Scelio ntchisii) and the yellow scape (brown in Scelio ntchisii).	en	Yoder, Matthew J., Valerio, Alejandro A., Polaszek, Andrew, Noort, Simon van, Masner, Lubomir, Johnson, Norman F. (2014): Monograph of the Afrotropical species of Scelio Latreille (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae), egg parasitoids of acridid grasshoppers (Orthoptera, Acrididae). ZooKeys 380: 1-188, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755
8CA34F9FF07C6898C27F5927E6ABF92B.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The epithet is used as an adjective derived from the country of the type locality.	en	Yoder, Matthew J., Valerio, Alejandro A., Polaszek, Andrew, Noort, Simon van, Masner, Lubomir, Johnson, Norman F. (2014): Monograph of the Afrotropical species of Scelio Latreille (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae), egg parasitoids of acridid grasshoppers (Orthoptera, Acrididae). ZooKeys 380: 1-188, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755
4655E428F3DD9B007882AD9CD41A5EC8.taxon	description	Description. Female Body length: 3.88 - 4.68 mm (n = 10). Male Body length: 4.45 - 4.65 mm (n = 2). Color of scape in female: brown. Surface of dorsal head in female: with obliterated patches between lateral ocelli, otherwise with somewhat flattened sculpture. Occipital carina in female: percurrent; broadly obliterated medially. Profile of posterior margin of head in lateral view: produced posteriorly, head appearing wedge-shaped. Width of genal setae: narrow to moderately wide. Shape of medial anteclypeus in female: thicker, with rounded corners, extended forward on strongly projected clypeus. Surface of mandible base in female: smooth. Form of mesosoma in female: compact, with propodeal shelf short very strongly sloped and barely visible in dorsal view. Surface of pronotal nucha in female: with slight but prominent obliterated / smooth patch, otherwise sculptured throughout. Transverse pronotal carina in female: percurrent, not interrupted medially. Shape of mesoscutellum: transverse, broadly depressed posteromedially, posterolateral margins slightly elevated. Surface of propodeal nucha in female: with medial furrow, otherwise smooth; smooth throughout. Surface of propodeal shelf in female: with obliterated to smooth patches laterally; sculptured throughout. Color of metasoma in female: orange throughout. Sculpture of T 6: finely longitudinally striae.	en	Yoder, Matthew J., Valerio, Alejandro A., Polaszek, Andrew, Noort, Simon van, Masner, Lubomir, Johnson, Norman F. (2014): Monograph of the Afrotropical species of Scelio Latreille (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae), egg parasitoids of acridid grasshoppers (Orthoptera, Acrididae). ZooKeys 380: 1-188, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755
4655E428F3DD9B007882AD9CD41A5EC8.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Scelio transtrum is most similar to Scelio ntchisii and, to a slightly lesser degree, Scelio somaliensis, all sharing the presence of the percurrent transverse pronotal carina and the compact form of the mesosoma with strongly sloped medial propodeal shelf. Scelio transtrum differs from those two species by the strongly projected clypeus / anteclypeus (strip like and not projecting in both others), the transverse mesoscutel lum that has slightly elevated posterolateral margins and medial depression (rounded, not particularly transverse, and otherwise unmodified in both others), and the orange metasoma (brown in both of the others). All but one individual (OSUC 213460 from South Africa) have obliterated or smoother patches on the anterolateral propodeal shelf. All other ipomeae-group species have the shelf sculptured throughout.	en	Yoder, Matthew J., Valerio, Alejandro A., Polaszek, Andrew, Noort, Simon van, Masner, Lubomir, Johnson, Norman F. (2014): Monograph of the Afrotropical species of Scelio Latreille (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae), egg parasitoids of acridid grasshoppers (Orthoptera, Acrididae). ZooKeys 380: 1-188, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755
4655E428F3DD9B007882AD9CD41A5EC8.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The epithet is used as a noun in apposition derived from the Latin word for crossbeam, in reference to the percurrent transverse pronotal carina.	en	Yoder, Matthew J., Valerio, Alejandro A., Polaszek, Andrew, Noort, Simon van, Masner, Lubomir, Johnson, Norman F. (2014): Monograph of the Afrotropical species of Scelio Latreille (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae), egg parasitoids of acridid grasshoppers (Orthoptera, Acrididae). ZooKeys 380: 1-188, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755
82A4022953EC9446B9B45C5C3CBC843C.taxon	description	Description. Female body length: 3.32 - 4.00 mm (n = 20). Male body length: 3.32 - 3.92 mm (n = 20). Sculpture of posterior vertex: weakly reticulate. Sculpture of frons in female: reticulate throughout; reticulate in upper 3 / 4. Arcuate carinae of lower frons: " open ", arcuate carina terminating along malar sulcus. Form of RSS on A 5 in male: carinate. Sculpture of medial mesonotum: longitudinally striate in posterior half, otherwise reticulate. Surface of propodeal shelf in females: anterolaterally with small smooth patch, otherwise with slightly irregular curved sinuate carinae. Surface of meso- and metapleural depressions: sculptured throughout. Fore wing length: shorter than apex of metasoma.	en	Yoder, Matthew J., Valerio, Alejandro A., Polaszek, Andrew, Noort, Simon van, Masner, Lubomir, Johnson, Norman F. (2014): Monograph of the Afrotropical species of Scelio Latreille (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae), egg parasitoids of acridid grasshoppers (Orthoptera, Acrididae). ZooKeys 380: 1-188, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755
82A4022953EC9446B9B45C5C3CBC843C.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. This species is most similar to Scelio parkeri with which it shares the combination of smooth patches on the meso- and metapleuron, a tendency for the mesoscutellum to be longitudinally striate, and reticulate sculpture of the posterior head. It differs from Scelio parkeri by the " closed " arcuate sculpture of the frons, with arcs terminating near base of mandible, not along the malar sulcus.	en	Yoder, Matthew J., Valerio, Alejandro A., Polaszek, Andrew, Noort, Simon van, Masner, Lubomir, Johnson, Norman F. (2014): Monograph of the Afrotropical species of Scelio Latreille (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae), egg parasitoids of acridid grasshoppers (Orthoptera, Acrididae). ZooKeys 380: 1-188, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755
82A4022953EC9446B9B45C5C3CBC843C.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The epithet is used as a genitive noun derived from the name of one of the three collectors who together amassed hundreds of specimens of the irwini-group.	en	Yoder, Matthew J., Valerio, Alejandro A., Polaszek, Andrew, Noort, Simon van, Masner, Lubomir, Johnson, Norman F. (2014): Monograph of the Afrotropical species of Scelio Latreille (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae), egg parasitoids of acridid grasshoppers (Orthoptera, Acrididae). ZooKeys 380: 1-188, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755
00BB8E2DB25265A0D7BB0A53D2CCCD96.taxon	description	Description. Female body length: 3.23 - 3.99 mm (n = 19). Male body length: 3.74 - 4.32 mm (n = 2). Sculpture of posterior vertex: transversely carinate. Sculpture of frons in female: linear throughout. Arcuate carinae of lower frons: " closed ", arcuate carinae terminating at ventrolateral corner of anteclypeus. Form of RSS on A 5 in male: carinate. Sculpture of medial mesonotum: longitudinally striate in posterior half, otherwise reticulate. Surface of propodeal shelf in females: uniformly reticulate throughout. Surface of meso- and metapleural depressions: with prominent glabrous and smooth patch. Fore wing length: longer than apex of metasoma.	en	Yoder, Matthew J., Valerio, Alejandro A., Polaszek, Andrew, Noort, Simon van, Masner, Lubomir, Johnson, Norman F. (2014): Monograph of the Afrotropical species of Scelio Latreille (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae), egg parasitoids of acridid grasshoppers (Orthoptera, Acrididae). ZooKeys 380: 1-188, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755
00BB8E2DB25265A0D7BB0A53D2CCCD96.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Scelio irwini is most similar to Scelio parkeri with which it shares the smooth patches on the meso- and metapleural depressions. It differs from this and all other irwini-group species by the dorsoventrally carinate to very slightly strigose sculpture of the frons, and unbroken transverse carinae on the posterior head (with at least some prominent reticulate areas outside the ocellar triangle in all others).	en	Yoder, Matthew J., Valerio, Alejandro A., Polaszek, Andrew, Noort, Simon van, Masner, Lubomir, Johnson, Norman F. (2014): Monograph of the Afrotropical species of Scelio Latreille (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae), egg parasitoids of acridid grasshoppers (Orthoptera, Acrididae). ZooKeys 380: 1-188, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755
00BB8E2DB25265A0D7BB0A53D2CCCD96.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The epithet is used as a genitive noun derived from the name of our colleague Mike Irwin, one of the three collectors who together amassed hundreds of specimens of the irwini-group.	en	Yoder, Matthew J., Valerio, Alejandro A., Polaszek, Andrew, Noort, Simon van, Masner, Lubomir, Johnson, Norman F. (2014): Monograph of the Afrotropical species of Scelio Latreille (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae), egg parasitoids of acridid grasshoppers (Orthoptera, Acrididae). ZooKeys 380: 1-188, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755
10AAE2B4AB80BA6ABD6CCF64D2F4D479.taxon	description	Description. Female body length: 3.08 - 5.00 mm (n = 39). Male body length: 2.74 - 4.58 mm (n = 33). Sculpture of posterior vertex: transversely carinate. Sculpture of frons in female: reticulate in upper half. Arcuate carinae of lower frons: " closed ", arcuate carinae terminating at ventrolateral corner of anteclypeus. Form of RSS on A 5 in male: carinate. Sculpture of medial mesonotum: reticulate throughout; longitudinally striate in posterior half, otherwise reticulate. Surface of propodeal shelf in females: uniformly reticulate throughout. Surface of meso- and metapleural depressions: sculptured throughout. Fore wing length: shorter than apex of metasoma; meeting apex of metasoma.	en	Yoder, Matthew J., Valerio, Alejandro A., Polaszek, Andrew, Noort, Simon van, Masner, Lubomir, Johnson, Norman F. (2014): Monograph of the Afrotropical species of Scelio Latreille (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae), egg parasitoids of acridid grasshoppers (Orthoptera, Acrididae). ZooKeys 380: 1-188, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755
10AAE2B4AB80BA6ABD6CCF64D2F4D479.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Scelio obscuripennis may be distinguished from all other species of the irwini-group by the completely sculptured mesopleural and metapleural depressions (all other irwini-group species with a smooth patch).	en	Yoder, Matthew J., Valerio, Alejandro A., Polaszek, Andrew, Noort, Simon van, Masner, Lubomir, Johnson, Norman F. (2014): Monograph of the Afrotropical species of Scelio Latreille (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae), egg parasitoids of acridid grasshoppers (Orthoptera, Acrididae). ZooKeys 380: 1-188, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755
A1D97E0252054A6F309CC3E6C366E3DD.taxon	description	Description. Female body length: 1.78 - 5.41 mm (n = 19). Male body length: 3.76 - 4.73 mm (n = 20). Sculpture of posterior vertex: weakly reticulate. Sculpture of frons in female: reticulate in upper half. Arcuate carinae of lower frons: " closed ", arcuate carinae terminating at ventrolateral corner of anteclypeus. Form of RSS on A 5 in male: node like and somewhat pointed. Sculpture of medial mesonotum: longitudinally striate in posterior half, otherwise reticulate. Surface of propodeal shelf in females: uniformly reticulate throughout. Surface of meso- and metapleural depressions: with prominent glabrous and smooth patch. Fore wing length: shorter than apex of metasoma.	en	Yoder, Matthew J., Valerio, Alejandro A., Polaszek, Andrew, Noort, Simon van, Masner, Lubomir, Johnson, Norman F. (2014): Monograph of the Afrotropical species of Scelio Latreille (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae), egg parasitoids of acridid grasshoppers (Orthoptera, Acrididae). ZooKeys 380: 1-188, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755
A1D97E0252054A6F309CC3E6C366E3DD.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Scelio parkeri is most similar to Scelio harinhalai which shares the smooth patches on the meso- and metapleural depressions. It differs from Scelio harinhalai by the " closed " arcuate sculpture of the frons, with arcs terminating near base of mandible, not along the malar sulcus. The ventralmost extension of the arcuate sculpture is never confused with reticulations in Scelio parkeri as it is in Scelio harinhalai. Males are unique among irwini-group species for the nodelike RSS (carinate in all other irwini-group species).	en	Yoder, Matthew J., Valerio, Alejandro A., Polaszek, Andrew, Noort, Simon van, Masner, Lubomir, Johnson, Norman F. (2014): Monograph of the Afrotropical species of Scelio Latreille (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae), egg parasitoids of acridid grasshoppers (Orthoptera, Acrididae). ZooKeys 380: 1-188, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755
A1D97E0252054A6F309CC3E6C366E3DD.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The epithet is used as a genitive noun derived from the name of Frank Parker, one of the three collectors who together amassed hundreds of specimens of the irwini-group.	en	Yoder, Matthew J., Valerio, Alejandro A., Polaszek, Andrew, Noort, Simon van, Masner, Lubomir, Johnson, Norman F. (2014): Monograph of the Afrotropical species of Scelio Latreille (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae), egg parasitoids of acridid grasshoppers (Orthoptera, Acrididae). ZooKeys 380: 1-188, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755
9E1EE7FD4E693CB2980ACA64D4621935.taxon	description	Description. Female body length: 3.08 - 3.73 mm (n = 10). Male body length: 3.16 - 3.57 mm (n = 16). Body color in female: dark brown to black. Setae between ommatidia in female: present. Form of RSS on A 5 in male: nodelike. Surface of pronotal nucha in female: partially to completely transversely striate, at most with slight obliterated patch. Notauli in males: present. Surface of mesopleural depression in female: more or less sculptured throughout. Carinate division of posterior T 6 in female: present.	en	Yoder, Matthew J., Valerio, Alejandro A., Polaszek, Andrew, Noort, Simon van, Masner, Lubomir, Johnson, Norman F. (2014): Monograph of the Afrotropical species of Scelio Latreille (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae), egg parasitoids of acridid grasshoppers (Orthoptera, Acrididae). ZooKeys 380: 1-188, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755
9E1EE7FD4E693CB2980ACA64D4621935.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. This species differs from Scelio simonolus by presence of a well-developed carina dividing T 6 (as in Fig. 328) and the sculptured mesopleural depression. It dif fers from Scelio vannoorti by the presence of short microtrichia among the ommatidia, the nodelike RSS on male A 5 (vs. linear and carinate) and the presence of notauli in the males.	en	Yoder, Matthew J., Valerio, Alejandro A., Polaszek, Andrew, Noort, Simon van, Masner, Lubomir, Johnson, Norman F. (2014): Monograph of the Afrotropical species of Scelio Latreille (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae), egg parasitoids of acridid grasshoppers (Orthoptera, Acrididae). ZooKeys 380: 1-188, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755
9E1EE7FD4E693CB2980ACA64D4621935.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The epithet is used as a genitive noun derived from the name of the sole collector of all known material, Simon van Noort.	en	Yoder, Matthew J., Valerio, Alejandro A., Polaszek, Andrew, Noort, Simon van, Masner, Lubomir, Johnson, Norman F. (2014): Monograph of the Afrotropical species of Scelio Latreille (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae), egg parasitoids of acridid grasshoppers (Orthoptera, Acrididae). ZooKeys 380: 1-188, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755
071D70531EFDA9A931485E5168764274.taxon	description	Description. Female body length: 3.06 - 3.08 mm (n = 2). Body color in female: light brown to brown. Setae between ommatidia in female: absent. Surface of pronotal nucha in female: smooth (with only setigerous punctures) to slightly rugulose. Surface of mesopleural depression in female: almost completely smooth. Carinate division of posterior T 6 in female: absent.	en	Yoder, Matthew J., Valerio, Alejandro A., Polaszek, Andrew, Noort, Simon van, Masner, Lubomir, Johnson, Norman F. (2014): Monograph of the Afrotropical species of Scelio Latreille (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae), egg parasitoids of acridid grasshoppers (Orthoptera, Acrididae). ZooKeys 380: 1-188, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755
071D70531EFDA9A931485E5168764274.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Scelio simonolus differs from both Scelio vannoorti and Scelio simoni by the nearly completely smooth mesopleural depression (Fig. 320) and the absence of a carina dividing T 6 (Fig. 322, compare with Fig. 328).	en	Yoder, Matthew J., Valerio, Alejandro A., Polaszek, Andrew, Noort, Simon van, Masner, Lubomir, Johnson, Norman F. (2014): Monograph of the Afrotropical species of Scelio Latreille (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae), egg parasitoids of acridid grasshoppers (Orthoptera, Acrididae). ZooKeys 380: 1-188, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755
071D70531EFDA9A931485E5168764274.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The epithet is used as an adjective derived from the name of the sole collector of all known material, Simon van Noort, and referring to the diminutive size of this species.	en	Yoder, Matthew J., Valerio, Alejandro A., Polaszek, Andrew, Noort, Simon van, Masner, Lubomir, Johnson, Norman F. (2014): Monograph of the Afrotropical species of Scelio Latreille (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae), egg parasitoids of acridid grasshoppers (Orthoptera, Acrididae). ZooKeys 380: 1-188, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755
0D0D891063DFE0C192FFADEFF852C576.taxon	description	Description. Female body length: 3.82 - 3.94 mm (n = 2). Male body length: 3.68 mm (n = 1). Body color in female: dark brown to black. Setae between ommatidia in female: absent. Form of RSS on A 5 in male: linear, a fine carina. Surface of pronotal nucha in female: partially to completely transversely striate, at most with slight obliterated patch. Notauli in males: absent. Surface of mesopleural depression in female: more or less sculptured throughout. Carinate division of posterior T 6 in female: present.	en	Yoder, Matthew J., Valerio, Alejandro A., Polaszek, Andrew, Noort, Simon van, Masner, Lubomir, Johnson, Norman F. (2014): Monograph of the Afrotropical species of Scelio Latreille (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae), egg parasitoids of acridid grasshoppers (Orthoptera, Acrididae). ZooKeys 380: 1-188, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755
0D0D891063DFE0C192FFADEFF852C576.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. This species differs from Scelio simonolus by the sculptured mesopleural depression (Fig. 326). It may be distinguished from the similar Scelio simoni by the absence of pilosity between the ommatidia and, in males, the linear RSS on A 5 and the absence of discernible notauli.	en	Yoder, Matthew J., Valerio, Alejandro A., Polaszek, Andrew, Noort, Simon van, Masner, Lubomir, Johnson, Norman F. (2014): Monograph of the Afrotropical species of Scelio Latreille (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae), egg parasitoids of acridid grasshoppers (Orthoptera, Acrididae). ZooKeys 380: 1-188, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755
0D0D891063DFE0C192FFADEFF852C576.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The epithet is used as a genitive noun derived from the name of the sole collector of all known material, Simon van Noort.	en	Yoder, Matthew J., Valerio, Alejandro A., Polaszek, Andrew, Noort, Simon van, Masner, Lubomir, Johnson, Norman F. (2014): Monograph of the Afrotropical species of Scelio Latreille (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae), egg parasitoids of acridid grasshoppers (Orthoptera, Acrididae). ZooKeys 380: 1-188, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755
F5A7CFA0F5362EF7D87F81747F9E25F2.taxon	description	Description. Female body length: 3.06 - 4.42 mm (n = 18). Form of sculpture of frons below anterior ocellus in female: fine dorsoventral striae with few to no reticulations. Distribution of sculpture of frons posterior to anterior ocellus in female: with at least some obliterated or reduced patches of sculpture posteriorly. Color of pilosity of dorsomedial head in female: white or predominantly white. Sculpture of ventrolateral corner of frons adjacent to malar sulcus in male: predominantly dorsoventral. Form of anteclypeus between medial teeth in female: striplike, broadly concave. Form of anteclypeus between medial teeth in males: produced, rounded to truncate medially. Form of lateral gena below eye in anterior view in female: evenly rounded towards mandible, not bulging laterally. Sculpture of anteclypeus: smooth throughout. Sculpture of pronotal nucha in female: absent (smooth) in parts. Color of pilosity on mesonotum in female: predominantly white on mesoscutum, predominantly brown on mesoscutellum. Sculpture of mesoscutellum in female: predominantly irregular rugulose to reticulate. Sculpture of oxter: with prominent smooth patch. Pilosity of metapleuron overlapping or arising within posteroventral quadrant in female: 2 setae; 3 setae. Color of fore wing in female: evenly colored throughout. Color of fore wing in male: completely without color except at extreme base. Color of pilosity on lateral T 2 - T 5 in female: T 2 - T 5 white to off-white. Fine pilosity of lateral T 1 in female: absent; present, not reaching posterior margin. Distribution of pilosity on metasomal terga 3 - 5 in female: more or less uniformly present throughout. Form of setae on lateral T 2 - T 5: predominantly thick throughout. Pilosity of anterolateral corner of dorsal T 3 in female: with patch of short appressed micropilosity. Form of medial surface of S 3 - S 5 in males: broadly concave, S 3 posterior concavity extending into anterior half of sclerite.	en	Yoder, Matthew J., Valerio, Alejandro A., Polaszek, Andrew, Noort, Simon van, Masner, Lubomir, Johnson, Norman F. (2014): Monograph of the Afrotropical species of Scelio Latreille (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae), egg parasitoids of acridid grasshoppers (Orthoptera, Acrididae). ZooKeys 380: 1-188, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755
F5A7CFA0F5362EF7D87F81747F9E25F2.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Scelio afer is similar to other species with a narrow, concave anteclypeus (Scelio tritus, Scelio remaudierei, Scelio erugatus). It may be differentiated from Scelio remaudierei by the slightly narrower gena (very broad in Scelio remaudierei) and thicker and concolorous setae of the lateral metasoma (setae very thin in Scelio remaudierei, with those on T 2 white and T 3 - T 5 brown). Scelio afer differs from Scelio tritus by the presence of smooth patches on the pronotal nucha (robustly sculptured in all Scelio tritus), and the presence of microsetae in the anterolateral corner of T 3 (glabrous to very sparse in Scelio tritus). Differing from Scelio popovi Nixon (described from Oman) by the pilosity of the lateral metasoma which is white and moderate to dense compared to brown and sparse.	en	Yoder, Matthew J., Valerio, Alejandro A., Polaszek, Andrew, Noort, Simon van, Masner, Lubomir, Johnson, Norman F. (2014): Monograph of the Afrotropical species of Scelio Latreille (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae), egg parasitoids of acridid grasshoppers (Orthoptera, Acrididae). ZooKeys 380: 1-188, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755
238630CBBAB271D039ECD86EF0DBA689.taxon	description	Description. Female body length: 3.18 - 4.08 mm (n = 19). Form of sculpture of frons below anterior ocellus in female: fine dorsoventral striae with few to no reticulations. Distribution of sculpture of frons posterior to anterior ocellus in female: more or less uniform throughout. Color of pilosity of dorsomedial head in female: white or predominantly white; brown or predominantly brown. Form of anteclypeus between medial teeth in female: striplike, truncate. Form of lateral gena below eye in anterior view in female: evenly rounded towards mandible, not bulging laterally. Sculpture of anteclypeus: smooth throughout. Sculpture of pronotal nucha in female: present throughout. Color of pilosity on mesonotum in female: predominantly brown throughout; predominantly white on mesoscutum, predominantly brown on mesoscutellum. Sculpture of mesoscutellum in female: predominantly irregular rugulose to reticulate. Sculpture of oxter: present throughout; with prominent smooth patch. Pilosity of metapleuron overlapping or arising within posteroventral quadrant in female: 4 or more setae. Color of fore wing in female: evenly colored throughout. Color of pilosity on lateral T 2 - T 5 in female: T 2 - T 5 white to off-white. Fine pilosity of lateral T 1 in female: absent. Distribution of pilosity on metasomal terga 3 - 5 in female: densely present in posterior half of T 3 - T 4, anterior half more or less glabrous, T 5 setose throughout. Form of setae on lateral T 2 - T 5: predominantly thick throughout. Pilosity of anterolateral corner of dorsal T 3 in female: sparsely setose to glabrous.	en	Yoder, Matthew J., Valerio, Alejandro A., Polaszek, Andrew, Noort, Simon van, Masner, Lubomir, Johnson, Norman F. (2014): Monograph of the Afrotropical species of Scelio Latreille (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae), egg parasitoids of acridid grasshoppers (Orthoptera, Acrididae). ZooKeys 380: 1-188, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755
238630CBBAB271D039ECD86EF0DBA689.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Scelio apospastos is most similar to Scelio modulus which shares the small, striplike anteclypeus (Figs 369, 375). It differs from Scelio modulus in the distribution (not reaching the anterior margin, Fig. 346) and amount (relatively large patches, Fig. 346) of pilosity on the lateral metasoma. It is also very similar to Scelio pilosilatus, but may be separated by the absence of the fine line of pilosity along lateral T 1 and the thicker more prominent patch of setae in the posteroventral quadrant of the metapleuron.	en	Yoder, Matthew J., Valerio, Alejandro A., Polaszek, Andrew, Noort, Simon van, Masner, Lubomir, Johnson, Norman F. (2014): Monograph of the Afrotropical species of Scelio Latreille (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae), egg parasitoids of acridid grasshoppers (Orthoptera, Acrididae). ZooKeys 380: 1-188, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755
238630CBBAB271D039ECD86EF0DBA689.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The epithet is used as a noun in apposition derived from the Greek word for separated, in reference to setae of the lateral metasoma tergites which are separated from the anterior margins by a glabrous area.	en	Yoder, Matthew J., Valerio, Alejandro A., Polaszek, Andrew, Noort, Simon van, Masner, Lubomir, Johnson, Norman F. (2014): Monograph of the Afrotropical species of Scelio Latreille (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae), egg parasitoids of acridid grasshoppers (Orthoptera, Acrididae). ZooKeys 380: 1-188, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755
9430BA0823E6D40719CDDFAE640639C1.taxon	description	Description. Female body length: 4.20 - 4.50 mm (n = 8). Form of sculpture of frons below anterior ocellus in female: fine dorsoventral striae with few to no reticulations. Distribution of sculpture of frons posterior to anterior ocellus in female: more or less uniform throughout. Color of pilosity of dorsomedial head in female: brown or predominantly brown. Form of anteclypeus between medial teeth in female: produced, concave medially, forming two broad lobes. Form of lateral gena below eye in anterior view in female: evenly rounded towards mandible, not bulging laterally. Sculpture of anteclypeus: smooth throughout. Sculpture of pronotal nucha in female: present throughout. Color of pilosity on mesonotum in female: predominantly white on mesoscutum, predominantly brown on mesoscutellum. Sculpture of mesoscutellum in female: predominantly irregular rugulose to reticulate. Sculpture of oxter: with prominent smooth patch. Pilosity of metapleuron overlapping or arising within posteroventral quadrant in female: 4 or more setae. Color of fore wing in female: evenly colored throughout. Color of pilosity on lateral T 2 - T 5 in female: T 2 - T 5 white to off-white. Fine pilosity of lateral T 1 in female: present, not reaching posterior margin. Distribution of pilosity on metasomal terga 3 - 5 in female: more or less uniformly present throughout. Form of setae on lateral T 2 - T 5: predominantly thick throughout. Pilosity of anterolateral corner of dorsal T 3 in female: sparsely setose to glabrous.	en	Yoder, Matthew J., Valerio, Alejandro A., Polaszek, Andrew, Noort, Simon van, Masner, Lubomir, Johnson, Norman F. (2014): Monograph of the Afrotropical species of Scelio Latreille (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae), egg parasitoids of acridid grasshoppers (Orthoptera, Acrididae). ZooKeys 380: 1-188, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755
9430BA0823E6D40719CDDFAE640639C1.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. This species is nearly identical to Scelio quasiclypeatus which shares the presence of a projected clypeus (Fig. 381) and densely setose posteroventral quadrant of the metapleuron (Figs 350, 380). It differs from Scelio quasiclypeatus by the absence of sculpture on the anteclypeus (Figs 351, 352) and the broadly bilobed anterior margin of the anteclypeus (truncate in Scelio quasiclypeatus). Scelio apospastos is also similar, though smaller and with the glabrous patch present along the anterior metasomal tergites T 3 - T 5 (setose throughout in Scelio clypeatus).	en	Yoder, Matthew J., Valerio, Alejandro A., Polaszek, Andrew, Noort, Simon van, Masner, Lubomir, Johnson, Norman F. (2014): Monograph of the Afrotropical species of Scelio Latreille (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae), egg parasitoids of acridid grasshoppers (Orthoptera, Acrididae). ZooKeys 380: 1-188, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755
9430BA0823E6D40719CDDFAE640639C1.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The epithet is used as a noun in apposition derived from the Latin word for shield, in reference to the relatively large clypeus.	en	Yoder, Matthew J., Valerio, Alejandro A., Polaszek, Andrew, Noort, Simon van, Masner, Lubomir, Johnson, Norman F. (2014): Monograph of the Afrotropical species of Scelio Latreille (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae), egg parasitoids of acridid grasshoppers (Orthoptera, Acrididae). ZooKeys 380: 1-188, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755
DBF14B0389A483C0A5D31261C0222FB9.taxon	description	Description. Female body length: 3.59 - 3.85 mm (n = 4). Form of sculpture of frons below anterior ocellus in female: fine dorsoventral striae with few to no reticulations. Distribution of sculpture of frons posterior to anterior ocellus in female: more or less uniform throughout. Color of pilosity of dorsomedial head in female: brown or predominantly brown. Form of anteclypeus between medial teeth in female: striplike, broadly concave. Form of lateral gena below eye in anterior view in female: evenly rounded towards mandible, not bulging laterally. Sculpture of anteclypeus: largely smooth, with few thick dorsoventral ridges. Sculpture of pronotal nucha in female: present throughout. Color of pilosity on mesonotum in female: predominantly brown throughout. Sculpture of mesoscutellum in female: predominantly irregular rugulose to reticulate. Sculpture of oxter: present throughout. Pilosity of metapleuron overlapping or arising within posteroventral quadrant in female: 1 seta; 2 setae. Color of fore wing in female: evenly colored throughout. Color of pilosity on lateral T 2 - T 5 in female: T 2 and much of T 3 white, T 4 - T 5 brown or predominantly brown. Fine pilosity of lateral T 1 in female: present, extending to posterior margin. Distribution of pilosity on metasomal terga 3 - 5 in female: more or less uniformly present throughout. Form of setae on lateral T 2 - T 5: uniformly thin throughout. Pilosity of anterolateral corner of dorsal T 3 in female: sparsely setose to glabrous.	en	Yoder, Matthew J., Valerio, Alejandro A., Polaszek, Andrew, Noort, Simon van, Masner, Lubomir, Johnson, Norman F. (2014): Monograph of the Afrotropical species of Scelio Latreille (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae), egg parasitoids of acridid grasshoppers (Orthoptera, Acrididae). ZooKeys 380: 1-188, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755
DBF14B0389A483C0A5D31261C0222FB9.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Scelio concavus is most similar to the other Afrotropical walkeri-group species with a broadly concave anteclypeus, in particular Scelio remaudierei which has similarly sparse and narrow pilosity on the lateral metasoma and no obliterated or smooth patches on the dorsal head. It differs from Scelio remaudierei by the narrower gena (strongly expanded in Scelio remaudierei), and less well developed medial clypeal teeth (very well developed in Scelio remaudierei). Sparsely setose specimens of Scelio modulus may be confused with Scelio concavus, but may be differentiated by the width and form of the clypeus (narrow and more or less truncate in Scelio modulus). The brown pilosity of the dorsomedial portion of the head and the mesoscutum differentiates this species from Scelio afer.	en	Yoder, Matthew J., Valerio, Alejandro A., Polaszek, Andrew, Noort, Simon van, Masner, Lubomir, Johnson, Norman F. (2014): Monograph of the Afrotropical species of Scelio Latreille (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae), egg parasitoids of acridid grasshoppers (Orthoptera, Acrididae). ZooKeys 380: 1-188, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755
DBF14B0389A483C0A5D31261C0222FB9.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The epithet is used as a adjective derived from the Latin word for hollow or arched forward, in reference to the shape of the anteclypeus.	en	Yoder, Matthew J., Valerio, Alejandro A., Polaszek, Andrew, Noort, Simon van, Masner, Lubomir, Johnson, Norman F. (2014): Monograph of the Afrotropical species of Scelio Latreille (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae), egg parasitoids of acridid grasshoppers (Orthoptera, Acrididae). ZooKeys 380: 1-188, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755
B9E24D6BDFE692780450C5A0E25801B2.taxon	description	Description. Female body length: 4.26 - 4.35 mm (n = 3). Form of sculpture of frons below anterior ocellus in female: fine dorsoventral striae with few to no reticulations. Distribution of sculpture of frons posterior to anterior ocellus in female: more or less uniform throughout. Color of pilosity of dorsomedial head in female: brown or predominantly brown. Form of anteclypeus between medial teeth in female: striplike, broadly concave. Form of lateral gena below eye in anterior view in female: evenly rounded towards mandible, not bulging laterally. Sculpture of anteclypeus: smooth throughout. Sculpture of pronotal nucha in female: absent (smooth) in parts. Color of pilosity on mesonotum in female: predominantly brown throughout. Sculpture of mesoscutellum in female: predominantly longitudinally rugulose. Sculpture of oxter: with prominent smooth patch. Pilosity of metapleuron overlapping or arising within posteroventral quadrant in female: 4 or more setae. Color of fore wing in female: evenly colored throughout. Color of pilosity on lateral T 2 - T 5 in female: T 2 - T 5 white to off-white. Fine pilosity of lateral T 1 in female: absent. Distribution of pilosity on metasomal terga 3 - 5 in female: more or less uniformly present throughout. Form of setae on lateral T 2 - T 5: predominantly thick throughout. Pilosity of anterolateral corner of dorsal T 3 in female: sparsely setose to glabrous.	en	Yoder, Matthew J., Valerio, Alejandro A., Polaszek, Andrew, Noort, Simon van, Masner, Lubomir, Johnson, Norman F. (2014): Monograph of the Afrotropical species of Scelio Latreille (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae), egg parasitoids of acridid grasshoppers (Orthoptera, Acrididae). ZooKeys 380: 1-188, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755
B9E24D6BDFE692780450C5A0E25801B2.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. This species is most similar to Scelio tritus and Scelio afer which share the concave anteclypeus (Figs 339, 363, 405). It differs from Scelio tritus by the completely smooth pronotal nucha (sculptured in Scelio tritus) and from Scelio afer by the absence of white micropilosity on the dorsal anterolateral corner of T 3. Scelio erugatus is generally further distinguishable by the somewhat transverse pronotum and mesoscutum in combination with the somewhat scattered color pattern of pilosity of the mesoscutum (Fig. 361).	en	Yoder, Matthew J., Valerio, Alejandro A., Polaszek, Andrew, Noort, Simon van, Masner, Lubomir, Johnson, Norman F. (2014): Monograph of the Afrotropical species of Scelio Latreille (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae), egg parasitoids of acridid grasshoppers (Orthoptera, Acrididae). ZooKeys 380: 1-188, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755
B9E24D6BDFE692780450C5A0E25801B2.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The epithet is used as an adjective derived from the Latin word for clear of wrinkles or smooth, in reference to the surface of the pronotal nucha.	en	Yoder, Matthew J., Valerio, Alejandro A., Polaszek, Andrew, Noort, Simon van, Masner, Lubomir, Johnson, Norman F. (2014): Monograph of the Afrotropical species of Scelio Latreille (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae), egg parasitoids of acridid grasshoppers (Orthoptera, Acrididae). ZooKeys 380: 1-188, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755
7D5358C3D2B6DC8E7FE6439062E93E75.taxon	description	Description. Female body length: 3.02 - 3.97 mm (n = 20). Form of sculpture of frons below anterior ocellus in female: fine dorsoventral striae with few to no reticulations. Distribution of sculpture of frons posterior to anterior ocellus in female: more or less uniform throughout. Color of pilosity of dorsomedial head in female: brown or predominantly brown. Sculpture of ventrolateral corner of frons adjacent to malar sulcus in male: predominantly dorsoventral. Form of anteclypeus between medial teeth in female: striplike, truncate. Form of anteclypeus between medial teeth in males: striplike, truncate. Form of lateral gena below eye in anterior view in female: evenly rounded towards mandible, not bulging laterally. Sculpture of anteclypeus: smooth throughout. Sculpture of pronotal nucha in female: absent (smooth) in parts. Color of pilosity on mesonotum in female: predominantly brown throughout. Sculpture of mesoscutellum in female: predominantly irregular rugulose to reticulate. Sculpture of oxter: with prominent smooth patch. Pilosity of metapleuron overlapping or arising within posteroventral quadrant in female: 1 seta; 2 setae; 3 setae. Color of fore wing in female: evenly colored throughout. Color of fore wing in male: completely without color except at extreme base. Color of pilosity on lateral T 2 - T 5 in female: T 2 and much of T 3 white, T 4 - T 5 brown or predominantly brown. Fine pilosity of lateral T 1 in female: absent; present, not reaching posterior margin; present, extending to posterior margin. Distribution of pilosity on metasomal terga 3 - 5 in female: more or less uniformly present throughout. Form of setae on lateral T 2 - T 5: predominantly thick throughout. Pilosity of anterolateral corner of dorsal T 3 in female: sparsely setose to glabrous. Form of medial surface of S 3 - S 5 in males: evenly rounded throughout.	en	Yoder, Matthew J., Valerio, Alejandro A., Polaszek, Andrew, Noort, Simon van, Masner, Lubomir, Johnson, Norman F. (2014): Monograph of the Afrotropical species of Scelio Latreille (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae), egg parasitoids of acridid grasshoppers (Orthoptera, Acrididae). ZooKeys 380: 1-188, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755
7D5358C3D2B6DC8E7FE6439062E93E75.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Scelio modulus is distinguished from all other species of the walkeri-group by the combination of the narrow, more or less truncate anteclypeus with the primarily brown pilosity of the mesonotum.	en	Yoder, Matthew J., Valerio, Alejandro A., Polaszek, Andrew, Noort, Simon van, Masner, Lubomir, Johnson, Norman F. (2014): Monograph of the Afrotropical species of Scelio Latreille (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae), egg parasitoids of acridid grasshoppers (Orthoptera, Acrididae). ZooKeys 380: 1-188, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755
7D5358C3D2B6DC8E7FE6439062E93E75.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The epithet is used as a noun in apposition derived from the Latin word for norm, model, or measure.	en	Yoder, Matthew J., Valerio, Alejandro A., Polaszek, Andrew, Noort, Simon van, Masner, Lubomir, Johnson, Norman F. (2014): Monograph of the Afrotropical species of Scelio Latreille (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae), egg parasitoids of acridid grasshoppers (Orthoptera, Acrididae). ZooKeys 380: 1-188, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755
42B488B2986812B4F64020D834A6FA99.taxon	description	Description. Female body length: 3.14 - 4.56 mm (n = 20). Form of sculpture of frons below anterior ocellus in female: fine dorsoventral striae with few to no reticulations. Distribution of sculpture of frons posterior to anterior ocellus in female: more or less uniform throughout. Color of pilosity of dorsomedial head in female: white or predominantly white. Form of anteclypeus between medial teeth in female: produced, truncate medially. Form of lateral gena below eye in anterior view in female: evenly rounded towards mandible, not bulging laterally. Sculpture of anteclypeus: smooth throughout. Sculpture of pronotal nucha in female: present throughout. Color of pilosity on mesonotum in female: predominantly white on mesoscutum, predominantly brown on mesoscutellum. Sculpture of mesoscutellum in female: predominantly irregular rugulose to reticulate. Sculpture of oxter: present throughout. Pilosity of metapleuron overlapping or arising within posteroventral quadrant in female: 1 seta; 2 setae; 3 setae; 4 or more setae. Color of fore wing in female: evenly colored throughout. Color of pilosity on lateral T 2 - T 5 in female: T 2 - T 5 white to off-white. Fine pilosity of lateral T 1 in female: present, not reaching posterior margin; present, extending to posterior margin. Distribution of pilosity on metasomal terga 3 - 5 in female: more or less uniformly present throughout. Form of setae on lateral T 2 - T 5: predominantly thick throughout. Pilosity of anterolateral corner of dorsal T 3 in female: sparsely setose to glabrous.	en	Yoder, Matthew J., Valerio, Alejandro A., Polaszek, Andrew, Noort, Simon van, Masner, Lubomir, Johnson, Norman F. (2014): Monograph of the Afrotropical species of Scelio Latreille (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae), egg parasitoids of acridid grasshoppers (Orthoptera, Acrididae). ZooKeys 380: 1-188, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755
42B488B2986812B4F64020D834A6FA99.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Scelio pilosilatus differs from all Afrotropical walkeri-group species by the combination of the projecting anteclypeus, the dense, large patches of white pilosity that cover the lateral metasoma, the line of fine setae along the lateral margin of T 1, and the relatively sparse (in appearance) pilosity of the posterolateral quadrant of the metapleuron.	en	Yoder, Matthew J., Valerio, Alejandro A., Polaszek, Andrew, Noort, Simon van, Masner, Lubomir, Johnson, Norman F. (2014): Monograph of the Afrotropical species of Scelio Latreille (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae), egg parasitoids of acridid grasshoppers (Orthoptera, Acrididae). ZooKeys 380: 1-188, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755
42B488B2986812B4F64020D834A6FA99.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The epithet is used as a noun in apposition derived from the Latin words for hair and side, in reference to the particularly well-developed patches of setae on the lateral metasoma.	en	Yoder, Matthew J., Valerio, Alejandro A., Polaszek, Andrew, Noort, Simon van, Masner, Lubomir, Johnson, Norman F. (2014): Monograph of the Afrotropical species of Scelio Latreille (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae), egg parasitoids of acridid grasshoppers (Orthoptera, Acrididae). ZooKeys 380: 1-188, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755
4A99DA902C3ACDAD9E4B73C27C28C8AD.taxon	description	Description. Female body length: 3.60 - 4.21 mm (n = 16). Male body length: 3.20 - 3.63 mm (n = 2). Form of sculpture of frons below anterior ocellus in female: fine dorsoventral striae with few to no reticulations. Distribution of sculpture of frons posterior to anterior ocellus in female: more or less uniform throughout. Color of pilosity of dorsomedial head in female: white or predominantly white. Sculpture of ventrolateral corner of frons adjacent to malar sulcus in male: predominantly dorsoventral. Form of anteclypeus between medial teeth in female: produced, truncate medially. Form of anteclypeus between medial teeth in males: produced, rounded to truncate medially. Form of lateral gena below eye in anterior view in female: evenly rounded towards mandible, not bulging laterally. Sculpture of anteclypeus: smooth throughout. Sculpture of pronotal nucha in female: present throughout. Color of pilosity on mesonotum in female: predominantly white on mesoscutum, predominantly brown on mesoscutellum. Sculpture of mesoscutellum in female: predominantly irregular rugulose to reticulate. Sculpture of oxter: present throughout. Pilosity of metapleuron overlapping or arising within posteroventral quadrant in female: 4 or more setae. Color of fore wing in female: base lighter until marginal vein, sometime strongly contrastingly so, apex darker, division relatively linear and abrupt. Color of fore wing in male: more or less evenly colored throughout. Color of pilosity on lateral T 2 - T 5 in female: T 2 - T 5 white to off-white. Fine pilosity of lateral T 1 in female: absent. Distribution of pilosity on metasomal terga 3 - 5 in female: more or less uniformly present throughout. Form of setae on lateral T 2 - T 5: predominantly thick throughout. Pilosity of anterolateral corner of dorsal T 3 in female: sparsely setose to glabrous. Form of medial surface of S 3 - S 5 in males: broadly concave, S 3 posterior concavity extending into anterior half of sclerite.	en	Yoder, Matthew J., Valerio, Alejandro A., Polaszek, Andrew, Noort, Simon van, Masner, Lubomir, Johnson, Norman F. (2014): Monograph of the Afrotropical species of Scelio Latreille (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae), egg parasitoids of acridid grasshoppers (Orthoptera, Acrididae). ZooKeys 380: 1-188, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755
4A99DA902C3ACDAD9E4B73C27C28C8AD.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. As the name suggests, this species is most similar to Scelio clypeatus with which it shares the presence of a projected clypeus and densely setose posteroventral quadrant of the metapleuron. It differs by the presence of weak sculpture on the anteclypeus and the truncate anterior margin of the anteclypeus (broadly bilobed in Scelio clypeatus).	en	Yoder, Matthew J., Valerio, Alejandro A., Polaszek, Andrew, Noort, Simon van, Masner, Lubomir, Johnson, Norman F. (2014): Monograph of the Afrotropical species of Scelio Latreille (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae), egg parasitoids of acridid grasshoppers (Orthoptera, Acrididae). ZooKeys 380: 1-188, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755
4A99DA902C3ACDAD9E4B73C27C28C8AD.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The epithet is used as an adjective derived from the Latin word for nearly or almost, in reference to the similarities with Scelio clypeatus.	en	Yoder, Matthew J., Valerio, Alejandro A., Polaszek, Andrew, Noort, Simon van, Masner, Lubomir, Johnson, Norman F. (2014): Monograph of the Afrotropical species of Scelio Latreille (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae), egg parasitoids of acridid grasshoppers (Orthoptera, Acrididae). ZooKeys 380: 1-188, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755
20FC559B2929161CEC6E7D51F6B29885.taxon	description	Description. Female body length: 3.14 - 3.71 mm (n = 12). Form of sculpture of frons below anterior ocellus in female: fine dorsoventral striae with few to no reticulations. Distribution of sculpture of frons posterior to anterior ocellus in female: with at least some obliterated or reduced patches of sculpture posteriorly. Color of pilosity of dorsomedial head in female: brown or predominantly brown. Form of anteclypeus between medial teeth in female: striplike, broadly concave. Form of lateral gena below eye in anterior view in female: bulging, often surpassing eye laterally. Sculpture of anteclypeus: smooth throughout. Sculpture of pronotal nucha in female: absent (smooth) in parts. Color of pilosity on mesonotum in female: predominantly brown throughout. Sculpture of mesoscutellum in female: predominantly longitudinally rugulose. Sculpture of oxter: with prominent smooth patch. Pilosity of metapleuron overlapping or arising within posteroventral quadrant in female: none; 1 seta. Color of fore wing in female: evenly colored throughout. Color of pilosity on lateral T 2 - T 5 in female: T 2 white, T 3 - T 5 brown. Fine pilosity of lateral T 1 in female: absent. Distribution of pilosity on metasomal terga 3 - 5 in female: more or less uniformly present throughout. Form of setae on lateral T 2 - T 5: uniformly thin throughout. Pilosity of anterolateral corner of dorsal T 3 in female: with patch of short appressed micropilosity.	en	Yoder, Matthew J., Valerio, Alejandro A., Polaszek, Andrew, Noort, Simon van, Masner, Lubomir, Johnson, Norman F. (2014): Monograph of the Afrotropical species of Scelio Latreille (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae), egg parasitoids of acridid grasshoppers (Orthoptera, Acrididae). ZooKeys 380: 1-188, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755
20FC559B2929161CEC6E7D51F6B29885.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Within the study region this species is most similar to Scelio afer with which it shares a broadly concave anteclypeus and smooth sculptureless patches on the dorsal portion of the head. It differs from Scelio afer and all other Afrotropical species by the distinctly bulging gena. It may further be distinguished from other Afrotropical species by the fine, sparse pilosity throughout, particularly on the metasoma, a state which should only be confused with Scelio concavus.	en	Yoder, Matthew J., Valerio, Alejandro A., Polaszek, Andrew, Noort, Simon van, Masner, Lubomir, Johnson, Norman F. (2014): Monograph of the Afrotropical species of Scelio Latreille (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae), egg parasitoids of acridid grasshoppers (Orthoptera, Acrididae). ZooKeys 380: 1-188, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755
21497D6D9AF50E4C86FD08C1AED3C0B8.taxon	description	Description. Female body length: 5.15 mm (n = 1). Form of sculpture of frons below anterior ocellus in female: robustly reticulate. Distribution of sculpture of frons posterior to anterior ocellus in female: more or less uniform throughout. Color of pilosity of dorsomedial head in female: white or predominantly white. Form of anteclypeus between medial teeth in female: produced, truncate medially. Form of lateral gena below eye in anterior view in female: evenly rounded towards mandible, not bulging laterally. Sculpture of anteclypeus: smooth throughout. Sculpture of pronotal nucha in female: present throughout. Color of pilosity on mesonotum in female: predominantly white throughout. Sculpture of mesoscutellum in female: predominantly irregular rugulose to reticulate. Sculpture of oxter: present throughout. Pilosity of metapleuron overlapping or arising within posteroventral quadrant in female: 2 setae. Color of fore wing in female: evenly colored throughout. Color of pilosity on lateral T 2 - T 5 in female: T 2 - T 5 white to off-white. Fine pilosity of lateral T 1 in female: present, not reaching posterior margin. Distribution of pilosity on metasomal terga 3 - 5 in female: more or less uniformly present throughout. Form of setae on lateral T 2 - T 5: predominantly thick throughout. Pilosity of anterolateral corner of dorsal T 3 in female: with patch of short appressed micropilosity.	en	Yoder, Matthew J., Valerio, Alejandro A., Polaszek, Andrew, Noort, Simon van, Masner, Lubomir, Johnson, Norman F. (2014): Monograph of the Afrotropical species of Scelio Latreille (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae), egg parasitoids of acridid grasshoppers (Orthoptera, Acrididae). ZooKeys 380: 1-188, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755
21497D6D9AF50E4C86FD08C1AED3C0B8.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Scelio retifrons is most similar to Scelio pilosilatus with which it share the dense pilosity of the lateral metasoma and the projecting anteclypeus (Fig. 393). It differs from Scelio pilosilatus and all other Afrotropical walkeri-group species by the reticulate sculpture of the frons (Fig. 393).	en	Yoder, Matthew J., Valerio, Alejandro A., Polaszek, Andrew, Noort, Simon van, Masner, Lubomir, Johnson, Norman F. (2014): Monograph of the Afrotropical species of Scelio Latreille (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae), egg parasitoids of acridid grasshoppers (Orthoptera, Acrididae). ZooKeys 380: 1-188, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755
21497D6D9AF50E4C86FD08C1AED3C0B8.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The epithet is used as a noun in apposition derived from the Latin words for net and front, in reference to the sculpture of the frons.	en	Yoder, Matthew J., Valerio, Alejandro A., Polaszek, Andrew, Noort, Simon van, Masner, Lubomir, Johnson, Norman F. (2014): Monograph of the Afrotropical species of Scelio Latreille (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae), egg parasitoids of acridid grasshoppers (Orthoptera, Acrididae). ZooKeys 380: 1-188, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755
B92E071277E3ED348166723A38A23F11.taxon	description	Description. Female body length: 2.95 - 4.09 mm (n = 20). Male body length: 2.88 - 3.31 mm (n = 11). Form of sculpture of frons below anterior ocellus in female: fine dorsoventral striae with few to no reticulations. Distribution of sculpture of frons posterior to anterior ocellus in female: more or less uniform throughout. Color of pilosity of dorsomedial head in female: brown or predominantly brown. Sculpture of ventrolateral corner of frons adjacent to malar sulcus in male: predominantly dorsoventral. Form of anteclypeus between medial teeth in female: striplike, broadly concave. Form of anteclypeus between medial teeth in males: deeply concave medially, bounded by two projecting rounded lobes. Form of lateral gena below eye in anterior view in female: evenly rounded towards mandible, not bulging laterally. Sculpture of anteclypeus: smooth throughout. Sculpture of pronotal nucha in female: present throughout. Color of pilosity on mesonotum in female: predominantly brown throughout; predominantly white on mesoscutum, predominantly brown on mesoscutellum. Sculpture of mesoscutellum in female: predominantly longitudinally rugulose. Sculpture of oxter: with prominent smooth patch. Pilosity of metapleuron overlapping or arising within posteroventral quadrant in female: 1 seta; 2 setae; 3 setae; 4 or more setae. Color of fore wing in female: evenly colored throughout. Color of fore wing in male: more or less evenly colored throughout. Color of pilosity on lateral T 2 - T 5 in female: T 2 - T 5 white to off-white. Fine pilosity of lateral T 1 in female: present, not reaching posterior margin. Distribution of pilosity on metasomal terga 3 - 5 in female: pilosity densely present in anterior half, posterior half more or less glabrous. Form of setae on lateral T 2 - T 5: predominantly thick throughout. Pilosity of anterolateral corner of dorsal T 3 in female: sparsely setose to glabrous. Form of medial surface of S 3 - S 5 in males: flat to slightly concave, S 3 only slightly concave posteriorly.	en	Yoder, Matthew J., Valerio, Alejandro A., Polaszek, Andrew, Noort, Simon van, Masner, Lubomir, Johnson, Norman F. (2014): Monograph of the Afrotropical species of Scelio Latreille (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae), egg parasitoids of acridid grasshoppers (Orthoptera, Acrididae). ZooKeys 380: 1-188, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755
B92E071277E3ED348166723A38A23F11.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Scelio striatus is easily distinguished from all other Afrotropical walkeri-group species by the setal pattern on the lateral tergites in which the pilosity is absent in the posterior half and dense in anterior half (Figs 395, 396, 400). Males are recognized among all Afrotropical walkeri-group species by the strongly concave medial anteclypeus bound by strong rounded projections (see Fig. 17 in Nixon 1958).	en	Yoder, Matthew J., Valerio, Alejandro A., Polaszek, Andrew, Noort, Simon van, Masner, Lubomir, Johnson, Norman F. (2014): Monograph of the Afrotropical species of Scelio Latreille (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae), egg parasitoids of acridid grasshoppers (Orthoptera, Acrididae). ZooKeys 380: 1-188, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755
6280CB4682C638F1B281E907460BAF43.taxon	description	Description. Female body length: 3.30 - 4.36 mm (n = 19). Male body length: 3.20 - 4.15 mm (n = 20). Form of sculpture of frons below anterior ocellus in female: fine dorsoventral striae with few to no reticulations. Distribution of sculpture of frons posterior to anterior ocellus in female: more or less uniform throughout; with at least some obliterated or reduced patches of sculpture posteriorly. Color of pilosity of dorsomedial head in female: white or predominantly white; brown or predominantly brown. Sculpture of ventrolateral corner of frons adjacent to malar sulcus in male: predominantly dorsoventral. Form of anteclypeus between medial teeth in female: striplike, broadly concave. Form of anteclypeus between medial teeth in males: produced, rounded to truncate medially. Form of lateral gena below eye in anterior view in female: evenly rounded towards mandible, not bulging laterally. Sculpture of anteclypeus: largely smooth, with few thick dorsoventral ridges. Sculpture of pronotal nucha in female: present throughout. Color of pilosity on mesonotum in female: predominantly white throughout; predominantly brown throughout; predominantly white on mesoscutum, predominantly brown on mesoscutellum. Sculpture of mesoscutellum in female: predominantly irregular rugulose to reticulate. Sculpture of oxter: with prominent smooth patch. Pilosity of metapleuron overlapping or arising within posteroventral quadrant in female: 2 setae; 3 setae; 4 or more setae. Color of fore wing in female: evenly colored throughout. Color of fore wing in male: more or less evenly colored throughout. Color of pilosity on lateral T 2 - T 5 in female: T 2 - T 5 white to off-white. Fine pilosity of lateral T 1 in female: absent. Distribution of pilosity on metasomal terga 3 - 5 in female: more or less uniformly present throughout. Form of setae on lateral T 2 - T 5: predominantly thick throughout. Pilosity of anterolateral corner of dorsal T 3 in female: sparsely setose to glabrous. Form of medial surface of S 3 - S 5 in males: broadly concave, S 3 posterior concavity extending into anterior half of sclerite.	en	Yoder, Matthew J., Valerio, Alejandro A., Polaszek, Andrew, Noort, Simon van, Masner, Lubomir, Johnson, Norman F. (2014): Monograph of the Afrotropical species of Scelio Latreille (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae), egg parasitoids of acridid grasshoppers (Orthoptera, Acrididae). ZooKeys 380: 1-188, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755
6280CB4682C638F1B281E907460BAF43.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. This species is most similar to Scelio afer with which it shares the broadly concave anteclypeus (Fig. 405) and, in some specimens, the slightly obliterated sculpture of the dorsal head (as in Fig. 337). It differs from Scelio afer by the sculptured dorsal pronotal nucha (vs. clearly evident smooth patches), the concolorous pilosity of the dorsomedial head and mesonotum (mesoscutellar pilosity distinctly darker in Scelio afer), and the absence of micropilosity on the anterolateral portion of T 3.	en	Yoder, Matthew J., Valerio, Alejandro A., Polaszek, Andrew, Noort, Simon van, Masner, Lubomir, Johnson, Norman F. (2014): Monograph of the Afrotropical species of Scelio Latreille (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae), egg parasitoids of acridid grasshoppers (Orthoptera, Acrididae). ZooKeys 380: 1-188, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755
6280CB4682C638F1B281E907460BAF43.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The epithet is used as a adjective derived from the Latin word for familiar or commonplace, in reference to its relatively abundance within Madagascar.	en	Yoder, Matthew J., Valerio, Alejandro A., Polaszek, Andrew, Noort, Simon van, Masner, Lubomir, Johnson, Norman F. (2014): Monograph of the Afrotropical species of Scelio Latreille (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae), egg parasitoids of acridid grasshoppers (Orthoptera, Acrididae). ZooKeys 380: 1-188, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.380.5755
