Revision of the Afrotropical genus Protoleptops Heinrich, 1967 (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Ichneumoninae), with description of a new species from Burundi

Davide Dal Pos; Augustijn De Ketelaere; Filippo Di Giovanni

doi:10.3897/zookeys.1214.131071

Revision of the Afrotropical genus Protoleptops Heinrich, 1967 (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Ichneumoninae), with description of a new species from Burundi

Zookeys. 2024 Oct 7:1214:197-216. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.1214.131071. eCollection 2024.

Authors

Davide Dal Pos¹, Augustijn De Ketelaere², Filippo Di Giovanni³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Biology, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL 32816, USA University of Central Florida Orlando United States of America.
² Beernem, Belgium Unaffiliated Beernem Belgium.
³ Department of Life Sciences, University of Siena, Siena, Italy University of Siena Siena Italy.

Abstract

This study presents a comprehensive revision of the genus Protoleptops Heinrich, 1967. We describe a new species, P.nyeupe Dal Pos & Di Giovanni, sp. nov., from Burundi, marking the first documented occurrence of an Ichneumoninae species in the country. Additionally, we provide the first diagnostic description of the female P.farquharsoni Heinrich, 1967 and report a new occurrence of this species in KwaZulu-Natal. Furthermore, we document P.magnificus for Mpumalanga (South Africa) and P.angolae Heinrich, 1967 in Uganda, thereby extending the known range of the latter into East Africa. A detailed catalogue of all species within the genus Protoleptops is also included.

Keywords: Darwin wasps; Key words: Biodiversity; identification key; new records; parasitoids; taxonomy.

Davide Dal Pos, Augustijn De Ketelaere, Filippo Di Giovanni.