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03C5305FFFFD636CFE54FB24FDD1C01C.text	03C5305FFFFD636CFE54FB24FDD1C01C.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Meggoleus Townes 1971	<div><p>Genus Meggoleus Townes, 1971</p> <p>This is a small genus that before now included only one Brazilian species, M. spirator (Townes 1971). The genus is characterised by the exceptionally large propodeal spiracle (Fig. 4), a character unknown in other ichneumonids. A further species of this genus is described below from Gabon.</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03C5305FFFFD636CFE54FB24FDD1C01C	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Pensoft via Plazi	Khalaim, Andrey	Khalaim, Andrey (2007): First records of Meggoleus Heterocola and Phradis (Hymenoptera Ichneumonidae Tersilochinae) from the Afrotropical region with description of four new species. African Invertebrates 48 (2): 101-110, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7667923
03C5305FFFFD636EFD8FFAE6FDD0C0CE.text	03C5305FFFFD636EFD8FFAE6FDD0C0CE.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Meggoleus townesi Khalaim 2007	<div><p>Meggoleus townesi sp. n.</p> <p>Figs 4, 12, 15, 23</p> <p>Etymology: Named in honour of the famous American entomologist and taxonomic ichneumonid expert, Dr Henri Townes.</p> <p>Diagnosis: The new species differs from the South American M. spirator in that the prepectal carina reaches the anterior margin of the mesopleuron near its midlength (in M. spirator the prepectal carina reaches dorsally almost to subtegular ridge), the spiracle of the first tergite is not enlarged, and the first tergite is without a glymma and round in transverse section.</p> <p>Description:</p> <p>Female.</p> <p>Body length 3.2 mm.</p> <p>Head 0.68 mm wide, narrowed behind eyes in dorsal view; temple short, almost 0.7 times as long as eye width (Fig. 12). Ocelli rather large (Fig. 12). Antenna filiform, short; flagellum with 14 or 15 segments (Fig. 15); flagellomeres, excepting first and apical ones, distinctly transverse; all flagellomeres with long bristles. Mandible very slightly narrowed, punctate basally, upper tooth much longer than lower tooth. Malar space somewhat shorter than basal width of mandible. Clypeus broad, usually smooth on lower part, and granulate and densely punctate on upper part. Face, frons and vertex finely granulate and usually finely punctate (punctures sometimes indistinct because of granulation). Temple smooth or almost smooth, very finely and sparsely punctate. Occipital carina obliterated dorsally.</p> <p>Mesonotum entirely granulate, indistinctly punctate. Notaulus weak. Mesopleuron predominantly granulate, almost smooth and punctate in the middle. Prepectal carina reaching anterior margin of mesopleuron near its middle. Sternaulus in anterior part of mesopleuron, short, oblique, with some transverse wrinkles. Propodeum entirely granulate, with dorsolateral areas usually finely punctate; basal keel sometimes indistinct, 0.55–0.65 times as long as apical area; spiracle round and large (Fig. 4), separated from pleural carina; apical area elongate, rounded anteriorly, with pair of weak longitudinal carinae reaching transverse carina anteriorly.</p> <p>Forewing length 2.2 mm. Pterostigma very wide. Metacarp not reaching apex of forewing. Second recurrent vein postfurcal, unpigmented anteriorly. Nervellus of hindwing strongly reclivous.</p> <p>Hind femur length 0.53 mm, maximum width 0.15 mm. Hind tibia length 0.6 mm. Spurs of hind tibia weakly curved. Tarsal claws long, not pectinate.</p> <p>First tergite length 0.6 mm, posterior width 0.2 mm; tergite slender, entirely smooth, round in transverse section, without glymma; spiracle situated distinctly behind the middle, not enlarged. Second tergite length 0.3 mm. Thyridia distinctly elongate, about 1.5 times as long as wide. Ovipositor short, upcurved, with shallow dorsal depression near apex, without teeth (Fig. 23); sheath 0.54 mm, almost as long as first tergite.</p> <p>Body predominantly black, sometimes partly with brownish tinge. Palpi, mandibles (except darkened teeth), lower third of clypeus, tegula and legs (hind coxa and hind femur except for apex brown) yellow to yellow brown. Scape and pedicel of antenna usually yellowish, flagellum darkened. Pterostigma dark brown. Metasoma behind first segment brown to dark brown.</p> <p>Male.</p> <p>Basal and mid flagellomeres distinctly elongate, tips of antennae lacking. Propodeal spiracle not enlarged.</p> <p>Holotype: ^‘ GABON, Prov. Ogoové-Maritime, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=10.405833&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-2.2225" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 10.405833/lat -2.2225)">Réserve des Monts Doudou</a>, 24.3 km 307 ° NW Doussala, 2 ° 13.35'S: 10 ° 24.35'E, 370 m’, ‘ 7.iii.2000, S. van Noort, Sweep, GA 00-S43, Coastal Lowland Rainforest, undergrowth, low canopy in forest’, ‘SAM-HYM-P0024911’ (SAMC).</p> <p>Paratypes: GABON: Ogoové-Maritime Prov.: ơ same data as holotype (SAMC); <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=10.3945&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-2.2271667" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 10.3945/lat -2.2271667)">^Monts Doudou Reserve</a>, 25.2 km 304 ° NW Doussala, 2 ° 13.63'S: 10 ° 23.67'E, 600 m, coastal lowland rainforest, along stream, Malaise trap, 18–19.iii.2000, S. van Noort (SAMC); <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=10.497167&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-2.2833333" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 10.497167/lat -2.2833333)">3^Moukalaba-Dougoua Reserve</a>, 12.2 km 305 ° NW Doussala, 2 ° 17.00'S: 10 ° 29.83'E, 110 m, coastal lowland rainforest, Malaise trap and sweep, 25–26.ii, 18–19.iii.2000, S. van Noort (1^SAMC, 2^ZISP).</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03C5305FFFFD636EFD8FFAE6FDD0C0CE	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Pensoft via Plazi	Khalaim, Andrey	Khalaim, Andrey (2007): First records of Meggoleus Heterocola and Phradis (Hymenoptera Ichneumonidae Tersilochinae) from the Afrotropical region with description of four new species. African Invertebrates 48 (2): 101-110, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7667923
03C5305FFFFF636EFE69F9B4FC08C3AC.text	03C5305FFFFF636EFE69F9B4FC08C3AC.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Heterocola Forster 1869	<div><p>Genus Heterocola Förster, 1869</p> <p>Small genus with seven Palaearctic and probably one Oriental species; most species occur in southern Europe. The most noticeable character of this genus is the very long maxillary palpi (Fig. 8). The first Afrotropical species is described here.</p></div> 	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03C5305FFFFF636EFE69F9B4FC08C3AC	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Pensoft via Plazi	Khalaim, Andrey	Khalaim, Andrey (2007): First records of Meggoleus Heterocola and Phradis (Hymenoptera Ichneumonidae Tersilochinae) from the Afrotropical region with description of four new species. African Invertebrates 48 (2): 101-110, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7667923
03C5305FFFF9636BFE75FF73FC34C70E.text	03C5305FFFF9636BFE75FF73FC34C70E.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Heterocola africana Khalaim 2007	<div><p>Heterocola africana sp. n.</p> <p>Figs 8, 13, 16, 19, 21, 24</p> <p>Etymology: From Africa.</p> <p>Diagnosis: H. africana sp. n. differs from all European species in having a smooth mesonotum, the mesosoma very densely and coarsely punctate (smooth between punctures), the sternaulus distinct, the propodeal spiracle close to the pleural carina, and the metacarp of the forewing very short. The new species is further characterised by having the hind tibia almost as long as the hind femur, the apical carina of the propodeum distinct medially, the propodeum with a narrow basal furrow, and the first metasomal segment distinctly striate laterally.</p> <p>Description:</p> <p>Female.</p> <p>Body length 3.0 mm.</p> <p>Head about 0.7 mm wide, roundly narrowed behind eyes in dorsal view; temple somewhat shorter than eye width (Fig. 13). Ocelli small. Antenna filiform; flagellum with 15 segments (Fig. 16); all flagellomeres elongate. Maxillary palpus 4-segmented, extremely long, over 1.5 times as long as height of head (Fig. 8). Labial palpus 3- segmented, short. Mandible punctate basally, with upper tooth longer than lower tooth. Malar space half as long as basal width of mandible. Clypeus smooth, distinctly punctate on upper part. Face smooth medially, finely granulate and finely punctate laterally. Frons finely granulate, with fine and sparse punctation. Vertex finely granulate medially to almost smooth laterally, finely and sparsely punctate (punctures sometimes indistinct because of granulation). Temple almost entirely smooth, partly indistinctly punctate. Occipital carina complete.</p> <p>Mesonotum very sparsely and finely punctate, almost entirely smooth (very finely granulate anteriorly). Mesopleuron coarsely and densely punctate (distance between punctures shorter than diameter of puncture), partly punctato-rugulose, smooth between punctures. Sternaulus situated in anterior part of mesopleuron, about half as long as mesopleuron. Dorsolateral area of propodeum rugulose laterally and mainly smooth dorsally; basal furrow narrow, about half as long as apical area; spiracle round, separated from pleural carina by 1.5 diameters of spiracle; apical area wide, with pair of longitudinal carinae (weak near transverse carina and distinct posteriorly).</p> <p>Forewing length 2.26 mm. Pterostigma distinctly wider than length of first section of radial vein. Metacarp very short, ending far short of forewing apex (Fig. 19). Second recurrent vein antefurcal, unpigmented anteriorly.</p> <p>Hind femur length 0.55 mm, maximum width 0.16 mm. Hind tibia length 0.6 mm, slightly longer than hind femur (Fig. 21).</p> <p>First tergite length 0.57 mm, posterior width 0.22 mm. First tergite smooth dorsally (indistinctly striate medially) and distinctly striate laterally, round in transverse section. Second tergite length 0.36 mm. Thyridia very short, transverse. Ovipositor thin, distinctly upcurved (Fig. 24); sheath about 1.4 mm long, almost 2.5 times length of first tergite.</p> <p>Body predominantly black, metasoma behind first segment with brownish tinge. Labial palpi, mandibles (except teeth), lower half of clypeus and tegula yellow to brownish yellow. Maxillary palpi darkened. Pterostigma brown, veins light brown to brown. Legs strongly darkened to black; fore femur (except base) and tibia yellow; apex of mid and hind femora, base and apex of mid and hind tibiae yellow to yellowish brown.</p> <p>Male.</p> <p>Similar to female. Flagellum of antenna with 16 segments. Malar space shorter. Sternaulus sometimes indistinct. Clypeus entirely black.</p> <p>Holotype: ^‘ South Africa, W Cape, Cape of Good Hope Nat. Res., Olifantsbos, nr <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=18.383333&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-34.266666" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 18.383333/lat -34.266666)">Skaife Centre</a>, 34 ° 16'S: 18 ° 23'E’, ‘ 18–19.ix.1993, S. van Noort, Strandveld, on coast at sea level, Malaise Trap’, ‘SAMHYM-P006188’ (SAMC).</p> <p>Paratypes: SOUTH AFRICA: Western Cape: 3ơ same data as holotype (2ơ SAMC, 1ơ ZISP).</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03C5305FFFF9636BFE75FF73FC34C70E	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Pensoft via Plazi	Khalaim, Andrey	Khalaim, Andrey (2007): First records of Meggoleus Heterocola and Phradis (Hymenoptera Ichneumonidae Tersilochinae) from the Afrotropical region with description of four new species. African Invertebrates 48 (2): 101-110, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7667923
03C5305FFFFA636BFE45FDE4FE57C63C.text	03C5305FFFFA636BFE45FDE4FE57C63C.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Phradis Forster 1869	<div><p>Genus Phradis Förster, 1869</p> <p>A moderately large, predominantly Holarctic genus. Eighteen Palaearctic and one Nearctic species have been described in this genus. The currently known Palaearctic species exceeds 37 (Khalaim in press). No Afrotropical representatives have previously been recorded. Two new species of Phradis from the Afrotropical region are described here for the first time.</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03C5305FFFFA636BFE45FDE4FE57C63C	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Pensoft via Plazi	Khalaim, Andrey	Khalaim, Andrey (2007): First records of Meggoleus Heterocola and Phradis (Hymenoptera Ichneumonidae Tersilochinae) from the Afrotropical region with description of four new species. African Invertebrates 48 (2): 101-110, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7667923
03C5305FFFFA636AFE6FFBE6FBA5C116.text	03C5305FFFFA636AFE6FFBE6FBA5C116.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Phradis modestus Khalaim 2007	<div><p>Phradis modestus sp. n.</p> <p>Figs 17, 25</p> <p>Etymology: From Latin modestus (modest).</p> <p>Diagnosis: P. modestus sp. n. differs from all the Palaearctic species in having a 12- segmented female flagellum and a smooth head and mesosoma.</p> <p>Description:</p> <p>Female.</p> <p>Body length 2.2 mm.</p> <p>Head 0.53 mm wide, weakly and roundly narrowed behind eyes in dorsal view; temple shorter than eye width. Ocelli small. Antenna filiform; flagellum with 12 segments, basal segments slightly elongate, subapical segments about as long as broad (Fig. 17). Mandible punctate basally, upper tooth somewhat longer than lower tooth. Malar space much shorter than basal mandibular width. Head almost entirely smooth, partly finely and scarcely punctate. Occipital carina complete.</p> <p>Mesonotum and mesopleuron predominantly smooth, sometimes partly finely granulate and finely punctate. Notaulus weak. Sternaulus situated in anterior part of mesopleuron, about half as long as mesopleuron, oblique, relatively narrow, crenulated. Propodeum granulate, sometimes almost smooth or partly irregularly rugulose; basal area twice as long as wide, about half as long as apical area; spiracle round, separated from pleural carina by 1.0–1.5 diameters of spiracle; apical area with shallow median longitudinal depression, weakly irregularly rugulose, with pair of fine longitudinal carinae.</p> <p>Forewing length 1.7 mm. Pterostigma wider than length of first section of radial vein. Metacarp short, ending far short of forewing apex. Second recurrent vein interstitial, unpigmented anteriorly.</p> <p>Hind femur length 0.4 mm, maximum width 0.13 mm. Hind tibia 0.51 mm long, distinctly longer than hind femur. Hind spurs short, straight or weakly curved.</p> <p>First tergite length 0.46 mm. First tergite entirely smooth or partly striate laterally. Second tergite length 0.28 mm. Thyridia elongate, about 1.5 times as long as wide. Ovipositor evenly upcurved, with shallow dorsal depression near apex, without teeth (Fig. 25); sheath length 0.44 mm, as long as first tergite.</p> <p>Body predominantly black, metasoma behind first segment with brownish tinge. Palpi and tegula darkened. Mandibles darkened basally and apically, and yellow-brown medially. Pterostigma and veins brown. All coxa, trochanters, fore femur in its basal half, mid and hind femora almost entirely (except for narrow light apex) strongly darkened to black; fore femur apically, and all tibia and tarsi yellow-brown, sometimes faintly darkened.</p> <p>Male.</p> <p>Similar to female. Flagellum of antenna with 13 or (rarely) 14 segments. Malar space shorter.</p> <p>Holotype: ^‘ South Africa, W Cape, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=18.65&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-34.066666" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 18.65/lat -34.066666)">Wolfgat Nature Reserve</a>, 34 ° 04'S: 18 ° 39'E’, ‘ 5.ix.1995; S. van Noort; sweep, S Coast Strandveld’, ‘SAM-HYM-P011662’ (SAMC).</p> <p>Paratypes: SOUTH AFRICA: Western Cape: 3^11ơ same data as holotype (1^9ơ SAMC, 2^2ơ ZISP).</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03C5305FFFFA636AFE6FFBE6FBA5C116	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Pensoft via Plazi	Khalaim, Andrey	Khalaim, Andrey (2007): First records of Meggoleus Heterocola and Phradis (Hymenoptera Ichneumonidae Tersilochinae) from the Afrotropical region with description of four new species. African Invertebrates 48 (2): 101-110, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7667923
03C5305FFFFB6365FD83FBE3FB9CC00D.text	03C5305FFFFB6365FD83FBE3FB9CC00D.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Phradis wolfgator Khalaim 2007	<div><p>Phradis wolfgator sp. n.</p> <p>Figs 5, 10, 14, 18, 20, 22</p> <p>Etymology: From the type locality.</p> <p>Diagnosis: The new species is distinguished from all the known species of Phradis by the yellow pterostigma, almost entirely smooth head and mesonotum, densely punctate mesopleuron, and shape and coloration of the hind tibia (Fig. 22).</p> <p>Description:</p> <p>Female.</p> <p>Body length 3.3 mm.</p> <p>Head 0.74 mm wide, strongly and roundly narrowed behind eyes in dorsal view; temple almost as long as eye width (Fig. 14). Ocelli small. Antenna filiform; flagellum with 11 segments, very slender, basal segments broadened apically (Fig. 18). Mandible punctate basally, upper tooth longer than lower tooth. Malar space distinctly shorter than basal width of mandible. Head predominantly smooth (frons very finely granulate); upper half of clypeus, face and frons distinctly and more or less densely punctate, vertex and temple finely and sparsely punctate. Occipital carina complete.</p> <p>Mesonotum mostly smooth, finely granulate and distinctly punctate anteriorly and medially. Notaulus weak. Mesopleuron strongly prominent, very coarsely and densely punctate (distances between punctures shorter than diameter of puncture), partly punctato-rugulose, finely granulate to smooth between punctures. Sternaulus situated in anterior part of mesopleuron, about half as long as mesopleuron. Dorsolateral area of propodeum smooth anteriorly, granulate to irregularly rugulose laterally and anteroposteriorly; basal furrow distinctly elongate, widened anteriorly (Fig. 5); spiracle round, separated from pleural carina by 1.5–1.8 diameters of spiracle; apical area round anteriorly, with median longitudinal depression, coarsely irregularly rugulose, its longitudinal carinae developed posteriorly and indistinct anteriorly (not reaching transverse carina).</p> <p>Forewing length 2.6 mm. Pterostigma distinctly wider than length of first section of radial vein. Metacarp very short, slightly projecting beyond the radial vein (Fig. 20). Second recurrent vein interstitial, unpigmented anteriorly.</p> <p>Hind femur length 0.63 mm, maximum width 0.18 mm. Hind tibia length 0.72 mm, distinctly longer than hind femur, curved apically (Fig. 22). Hind spurs relatively long, distinctly curved apically.</p> <p>First tergite length 0.72 mm, posterior width 0.22 mm. First tergite smooth dorsally and partly striate laterally. Second tergite length 0.36 mm. Thyridia very short, transverse. Ovipositor slender, evenly upcurved, without teeth; its sheath 1.2 mm, about 1.7 times as long as first tergite.</p> <p>Body mainly black, metasoma behind first segment with brownish tinge. Labial palpi and mandibles (except teeth) yellow-brown. Base of antenna and clypeus in its lower part brownish. Maxillary palpi darkened.Tegula strongly darkened. Pterostigma yellow, veins light brown. Legs strongly darkened (to black); femora apically, and tibiae basally and apically (fore tibia almost entirely) yellow-brown.</p> <p>Male.</p> <p>Similar to female. Flagellum of antenna with 13 segments; basal flagellomeres shorter. Malar space shorter than in female. Basal furrow of propodeum narrow, not widened posteriorly, bordered by carinae laterally.</p> <p>Holotype: ^‘ South Africa, W Cape, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=18.65&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-34.066666" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 18.65/lat -34.066666)">Wolfgat Nature Reserve</a>, 34 ° 04'S: 18 ° 39'E’, ‘ 5.ix.1995; S. van Noort; sweep, S Coast Strandveld’, ‘SAM-HYM-P011664’ (SAMC).</p> <p>Paratypes: SOUTH AFRICA: Western Cape: ơ same data as holotype (SAMC); ^same locality and date, but coll. H.G. Robertson (ZISP); Northern Cape: ^Oorlogskloof farm, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=19.1704&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-31.432833" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 19.1704/lat -31.432833)">Wide Gate</a> 2 site (8.24 km 158 ° SSE Nieuwoudtville), 31 ° 25.970'S: 19 ° 10.224'E, wheat field on dolerite, 9.x.2000, S. van Noort (SAMC).</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03C5305FFFFB6365FD83FBE3FB9CC00D	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Pensoft via Plazi	Khalaim, Andrey	Khalaim, Andrey (2007): First records of Meggoleus Heterocola and Phradis (Hymenoptera Ichneumonidae Tersilochinae) from the Afrotropical region with description of four new species. African Invertebrates 48 (2): 101-110, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7667923
