First record of the genus Tanaostigma (Hymenoptera,Chalcidoidea, Tanaostigmatidae) from the Afrotropical region with description of three new species |
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| Authors: | Simon van Noort Robert S. Copeland |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Research and Exhibitions Department, South African Museum, Iziko Museums of South Africa , Cape Town, South Africa;2. Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cape Town , Rondebosch, South Africa svannoort@iziko.org.za!["ORCID]("//:0" "\"ORCID") https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6930-9741;4. International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE) , Nairobi, Kenya;5. Department of Entomology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution , Washington, DC, USA https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4865-5412 |
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| Abstract: | ABSTRACT The genus Tanaostigma is newly recorded from the Afrotropical region and three new species are described: Tanaostigma lasallei van Noort sp. nov. (South Africa), Tanaostigma mulu van Noort sp. nov. (Kenya) and Tanaostigma ukumbusho van Noort sp. nov. (Kenya). We provide comprehensive images of the holotypes and an illustrated identification key to the African species. New country distribution records are provided for Tanaostigmodes tambotis Prinsloo & LaSalle, 1995. All images presented here as well as supplementary images and online keys are available on www.waspweb.org www.zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:61D1A59D-3702-480A-B146-73067C29CD82 |
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| Keywords: | Africa identification key Kenya new species South Africa taxonomy |
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https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6930-9741;4. International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE) , Nairobi, Kenya;5. Department of Entomology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution , Washington, DC, USA