摘要

The predominantly Afrotropical braconine wasp genus Bathyaulax Szepligeti is revised and an identification key provided. A total of 51 species are recognized as valid; 27 species are described as new. andrewi sp. nov., erythropus sp. nov., kvisti sp. nov., laijuskini sp. nov. vannouhuysie sp. nov. and wiWarni sp. nov. from Kenya, artoi sp. nov., heinie sp. nov. and jimii sp. nov. from D. R. Congo, buntikae sp. nov. from Sierra Leone and D. R. Congo, nigroconus sp. nov. from D. R. Congo and Uganda, atrox sp. nov. from Uganda, bifoveae sp. nov. and varkonyii sp. nov. from Tanzania, ikonenie sp. nov. from Senegal, Kenya and Uganda, ftitzeni sp. nov., juhai sp. nov. and ollilae sp. nov. from Saudi Arabia, kossui sp. nov. and marjae sp. nov. from Yemen, kupariensis sp. nov. and raunoi sp. nov. from Mozambique, nirgitarsus sp. nov. from Madagascar, ramosus sp. nov. and suvie sp. nov. from South Africa, pickeri sp. nov. from South Africa and Namibia, and pippolaensis sp. nov. from north East Africa, possibly Somaliland. Bicentra Achterberg & Sigwalt is synonymized with Bathyaulax, hence Bathyaulax concavitarsis (van Achterberg & Sigwalt 1987) comb. nov.; Bathyaulax atriceps (Kriechbaumer 1894), Bathyaulax gutta (Enderlein (1918) 1920) and Bathyaulax pectinatus (Enderlein (1918) 1920) are each synonymized with Bathyaulax martinii (Gribodo 1879) syn. nov.; Bathyaulax laeviventris Enderlein (1918) 1920 is synonymized with Bathyaulax foveiventris (Roman 1912), syn. nov.; Bathyaulax krebsii (Cameron 1909) is synonymized with Bathyaulax hirticeps (Cameron 1909) syn. nov.; Goniobracon areolatus Szepligeti 1913 and Goniobracon abdominalis Szepligeti 1914 are synonymized with Bathyaulax kersteni (Gerstaecker 1871) comb. et syn. nov.; Bathyaulax nigriceps Enderlein 1920 is synonymized with Bathyaulax lucidus (Szepligeti 1911) syn. nov.; Goniobracon seminiger Szepligeti 1914 is synonymized with Bathyaulax perspicax (Szepligeti 1905) syn. nov.; Bathyaulax transitus (Szepligeti 1913) is synonymized with Bathyaulax rufa (Szepligeti 1906) syn. nov.

  • 出版日期2007

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