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Issue: Vol. 3795 No. 2: 12 May 2014
Type: Article
Published: 2014-05-12
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3795.2.5
Page range: 161–173
Abstract views: 22
PDF downloaded: 1

Belesica madiba and Cremastus tutui (Ichneumonidae: Cremastinae), two entomological gems from South Africa

Natural History Department, Iziko South African Museum, PO Box 61, Cape Town, 8000, South Africa Stellenbosch University, Department of Botany and Zoology, Evolutionary Genomics Group, Private Bag X1, Stellenbosch 7602, South Africa
Natural History Department, Iziko South African Museum, PO Box 61, Cape Town, 8000, South Africa Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cape Town, Private Bag, Rondebosch, 7701, South Africa
Africa Afrotropical region Hymenoptera Ichneumonidae Cremastinae systematics taxonomy

Abstract

The Afrotropical cremastine fauna (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) is characterized by the near absence of the genus Cremastus, with a single species reported from Madagascar. The fauna is also characterized by the presence of several endemic genera. Among the latter is the exceptional monotypic genus Belesica. We describe two new species from these extremely rare Afrotropical genera, namely Belesica madiba sp. nov. and Cremastus tutui sp. nov.. Both are only known from South Africa.