Diaparsis abstata Khalaim, 2013

Khalaim, A. I., 2019, New records of Afrotropical Tersilochinae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae), Zoosystematica Rossica (China) 28 (2), pp. 267-276 : 271

Diaparsis abstata Khalaim, 2013

( Figs 6–8)

Remarks. The species can be easily recognised by the combination of propodeum with basal keel as long as apical area; apical area very broadly rounded anteriorly; antennal flagellum more or less uniformly fuscous ( Fig. 6); and ovipositor very short, with conspicuous nodus at apex ( Fig. 8).

Material examined. Ethiopia, Oromia Prov., Shewa Zone, Ambo Town , 8°057´N, 38°007´E, Malaise trap, 1–30.X.2009 , coll. L. Rybakov, 3 females, 35 males ( ZIN) . Kenya: Karen near Nairobi , 6000 ft. [= 1830 m], IX.1971, coll. C’ngham-vanSomeren , 2 females ( AEIC); Nairobi, Runda Estate, Malaise trap, 13.XI.1977 , coll. W. Overholt, 1 female ( TAMU) . South Africa, Mpumalanga Prov., Transvaal, Pilgrim’s Rest, 1400 m, 11–13.XII.1985 , coll. S. & J. Peck, 1 female ( AEIC) . Togo, “Toko”, 25 to 50 km N of Sokodé, Bouzalo [da], river valley, Malaise trap, 26.VI.1984 , coll. P.E.T. Douben, 2 males ( RMNH) . Zimbabwe, Marandellas [Marondera], III.1972 , coll. P. Ginn, 1 female ( AEIC) .

Distribution. * Ethiopia, Gabon, * Kenya, South Africa, * Togo, Uganda, * Zimbabwe.