Allophrys excavator Khalaim, 2013

Khalaim, A. I., 2019, New records of Afrotropical Tersilochinae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae), Zoosystematica Rossica (China) 28 (2), pp. 267-276 : 270

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.31610/zsr/2019.28.2.267
publication LSID	urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:6A1BDCF6-EB29-4BC5-900F-FA8C6F7F2C05
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.16979452
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03AA8788-0B4C-7C6E-FF43-3120FD8D3E6B
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Allophrys excavator Khalaim, 2013
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Remarks. Allophrys excavator can be readily distinguished from other Afrotropical species by mandible with upper tooth strongly reduced, much shorter than the lower tooth ( Fig. 3), and short malar space which is 0.6 times as long as basal mandibular width.

Material examined. Kenya: Coast Prov. [former], Mtwapa Town near Mombasa, Malaise trap, maize and sorghum, 28.V–5.VIII.1993,coll. P. Lammers, 6 females (4 females in RMNH, 2 females in ZIN); Nyanza Prov. [former], Ruma Nat. Park , Malaise trap, 15–29.I.2006, coll. R. Copeland, 1 female ( TAMU) . South Africa, Western Cape Prov., Mt. Rochelle Nature Reserve , sweep, 10.I.2006, coll. R. Wharton, 1 female ( TAMU) .

Distribution. * Kenya, South Africa.