Revision of the Afrotropical species of Pristaulacus Kieffer, 1900 (Hymenoptera: Aulacidae)

Abstract

The Afrotropical species of the genus Pristaulacus Kieffer, 1900 are revised and illustrated for the first time. Four species are recognized: P. africanus (Brues, 1924), P. pilatoi sp. n. and P. thoracicus (Westwood, 1841), from the Republic of South Africa, and P. smithi sp. n. from Zimbabwe and Mozambique. P. thoracicus (Westwood), comb. n., is transferred from Aulacus Jurine. The previously unknown male of P. africanus (Brues) is described for the first time and additional data on the distribution of this species are given. A key to the species of Afrotropical Pristaulacus is provided.

Review of Aulacidae from Greece and Cyprus with new records

“…Pristaulacus barbeyi (Ferrière, 1933) Identification It is a small to medium-sized Pristaulacus-species, with body length (excluding ovipositor for ♀) of 6.7-11.8 mm and fore wing length of 5.1-8.1 mm; the ovipositor length is 1.3x fore wing length in the holotype (examined), but it is variable among the specimens from Turkey (Turrisi 2007). It is readily distinguished by the shape of the head ( Fig.…”

“…13), and the short and stocky petiole (Fig. 8) (Turrisi 2007(Turrisi , 2013. Distribution Spain (Turrisi 2013), Algeria, Morocco, Greece, Turkey (Turrisi 2007), Iran (Ghahari 2012).…”

“…Remarks This species has recently been recorded from Greece by Turrisi (2007). It is presently known only from the Greek mainland, in the north (Epirus, Thessaly) and central (Attica) regions.…”

“…The distributional data are taken from Turrisi (2007, 2011) and Madl (2012. The species recorded for the first time from Greece and Cyprus are marked with an asterisk (*).…”

“…Both genera are represented in all zoogeographic regions, except Antarctica, while Aulacus is not known from the Afrotropics (Kieffer 1912, Hedicke 1939, Smith 2001, Turrisi et al 2009). In the Palaearctics, 32 species have been recorded so far, 7 Aulacus and 25 Pristaulacus (Turrisi 2007, 2011, Turrisi et al 2009, Turrisi and Konishi 2011, Turrisi and Watanabe 2011, of which five are presently recorded from Greece and adjacent islands, most of them having been recorded from this country only in recent time (Turrisi 2007).…”