An updated checklist of Dryinidae, Embolemidae and Sclerogibbidae (Hymenoptera) of Kenya and Burundi, with descriptions of thirteen new species
Olmi Massimo, Copeland Robert S., Guglielmino Adalgisa
Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 55(1): 333-380, 2015
Published in print: 1st June 2015
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Abstract: An updated checklist of Dryinidae, Embolemidae and Sclerogibbidae from Burundi
and Kenya is presented. The following new species of Dryinidae are described
from Burundi: Anteon nkubayei sp. nov. (Anteoninae); from Kenya: Aphelopus
severancei sp. nov. (Aphelopinae); Conganteon lymanorum sp. nov.
(Conganteoninae); Anteon alteri sp. nov., A. blacki sp. nov., A.
crowleydelmanorum sp. nov., A. mcguirkae sp. nov., Deinodryinus musingilai sp.
nov. (Anteoninae); Bocchus johanssoni sp. nov. (Bocchinae); Dryinus digo sp.
nov., Thaumatodryinus overholti sp. nov., T. tuukkaraski sp. nov. (Dryininae);
from Kenya and Uganda: Anteon semajanna sp. nov. (Anteoninae). The following
species have been found for the first time in Kenya: Embolemidae: Ampulicomorpha
madecassa Olmi, 1999b, Embolemus ambrensis Olmi, 2004; Dryinidae: Conganteon
vulcanicum Benoit, 1951b, Anteon afrum Olmi, 1984, A. canabense (Benoit, 1951a),
A. cautum Olmi, 1994b, A. emeritum Olmi, 1984, A. evertsi Olmi, 1989, A.
jacksoni Olmi, 2011, A. kivuanum (Benoit, 1951b), A. kwazuluense Olmi, 2007, A.
maritimum (Turner, 1928), A. sanyatense Olmi, 2009, A. ugandanum Olmi, 1984, A.
xericum Olmi & Harten, 2006, Deinodryinus paulyi Olmi, 1987, Bocchus bini
Olmi, 1984, B. botswanensis Olmi, 1991, B. brooksi Olmi, 2003, B. confusus Olmi
& Harten, 2006, B. hyalinus Olmi, 1998, B. madagascolus Olmi, 1994b, B.
whiteleyi Olmi, 2007, Dryinus cariniceps Cameron, 1906, D. erraticus (Turner,
1928), Echthrodelphax migratorius Benoit, 1954, E. tauricus Ponomarenko,
1970. The following species of Dryinidae have been found for the first time in
Burundi: Aphelopus mediocarinatus (Benoit, 1951a), Anteon maritimum (Turner,
1928), Dryinus shimbanus Olmi, 2011. Dryinus turneri nom. nov., is proposed in
place of Dryinus ampuliciformis Turner, 1928 (preoccupied by Dryinus (=
Campylonyx) ampuliciformis (Westwood, 1835)), already known from Kenya. With the
above new records, 76 species of Dryinidae (previously 39) and six species of
Embolemidae (previously four) are now known from Kenya. Regarding the
Sclerogibbidae of Kenya, the 12 species listed by Olmi & Copeland (2011)
are confirmed. In Burundi, six species of Dryinidae (previously two) are
recognized. The three species of Embolemidae and one species of Sclerogibbidae
previously listed from Burundi are confirmed. Additional new faunistic records
are given from Cameroon, Central African Republic, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ivory
Coast, Madagascar, Mali, Mozambique, Republic of South Africa, Senegal,
Tanzania, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
Key words: Hymenoptera, Chrysidoidea, Dryinidae, Embolemidae, Sclerogibbidae, new species, new records, taxonomy, biogeography, Burundi, Kenya, Uganda, Afrotropical Region