Revision of Cameron (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Braconinae) with descriptions of 13 new species.

The Old World braconine wasp genus Cameron is revised. The genus is recorded from the island of Madagascar for the first time based on two new species, Quicke & Butcher, and Quicke & Friedman, Quicke, is described from Australia; Quicke & Friedman, is described from Ethiopia; Quicke & Butcher, is described from Congo; van Noort, is described from Tanzania; Quicke & Friedman, , Ranjith, , Ranjith, and Ranjith, are described from India; Quicke & Butcher, , Quicke & Butcher, , and Quicke & Butcher, are described from Thailand. is recorded from Thailand for the first time.

Now you see me, now you don't: verifying the absence of alien invasive yellow crazy ant in South Africa.

is an invasive species that is a major threat to native ecosystems worldwide. It has been listed as one of the top 100 worst invasive species in the world and is well known for its negative impact on native arthropods and some vertebrates. This study aimed to confirm the presence or absence of in some major South African harbours.

New genera of Afrotropical Chalcidoidea (Hymenoptera: Cerocephalidae, Epichrysomallidae, Pirenidae and Pteromalidae).

As a preliminary step towards the development of a key to genera of several families of Afrotropical Chalcidoidea, seven new genera in four families are described: Cerocephalidae- Mitroiu, gen. nov. (type species: Mitroiu, sp.

Out of the desert: Paleoclimatic changes drove the diversification of arid-adapted Ocymyrmex ants in southern Africa.

A highly endemic ant fauna is found in the arid regions of southern Africa, including species in the genus Ocymyrmex. This genus of ants has higher species richness in the western arid regions of southern Africa compared to tropical and subtropical parts of the continent. The processes that have produced these patterns of diversity and distribution of arid adapted ants in southern Africa have never been investigated.

The Chalcidoidea bush of life: evolutionary history of a massive radiation of minute wasps.

Chalcidoidea are mostly parasitoid wasps that include as many as 500 000 estimated species. Capturing phylogenetic signal from such a massive radiation can be daunting. Chalcidoidea is an excellent example of a hyperdiverse group that has remained recalcitrant to phylogenetic resolution.

A taxonomic revision of the Old World genus Kieffer (Hymenoptera, Scelionidae).

The genus Kieffer (Scelionidae: Scelioninae) is known only from the Old World: Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, South Africa, Madagascar, southern India, the island of New Guinea, and eastern Australia. After revision, 10 species are recognized. Four species were previously recognized and are redescribed: Risbec (Madagascar), Saraswat (India: Kerala), Kieffer (Australia: Queensland), and Dodd (Australia: Queensland).

Revision of the endemic African genus (Dinapsini, Megalyridae, Hymenoptera) with description of seven new species.

The endemic Afrotropical genus is revised, and seven new species are described and illustrated: van Noort & Shaw, , van Noort & Shaw, , van Noort & Shaw, , van Noort & Shaw, , van Noort & Shaw, , Shaw & van Noort, , Shaw & van Noort, The distribution of the Central African Republican species Shaw & van Noort, 2009 is extended to include Cameroon, Kenya and Uganda. Waterston, 1922, previously only known from the poorly preserved holotype female, is redescribed based on newly collected specimens. The distribution of this Western Cape species is extended to include the Eastern and Northern Cape provinces of South Africa.

Afronympha, a new genus of Entedoninae (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) from the rainforests of Africa.

Afronympha gen. nov. is described for the single known species A.

Species Diversity and Phylogenetic Relationships of Olive Lace Bugs (Hemiptera: Tingidae) Found in South Africa.

Olive lace bugs (Hemiptera: Tingidae) are small sap-sucking insects that feed on wild and cultivated . The diversity of olive lace bug species in South Africa, the most important olive producer on the continent, has been incompletely surveyed. Adult specimens were collected in the Western Cape province for morphological and DNA-based species identification, and sequencing of complete mitogenomes.

Ultra-Conserved Elements and morphology reciprocally illuminate conflicting phylogenetic hypotheses in Chalcididae (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea).

Recent technical advances combined with novel computational approaches have promised the acceleration of our understanding of the tree of life. However, when it comes to hyperdiverse and poorly known groups of invertebrates, studies are still scarce. As published phylogenies will be rarely challenged by future taxonomists, careful attention must be paid to potential analytical bias.

Revision of the endemic Afrotropical genus (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) with an identification key to genera of Banchinae for the region.

The Afrotropical banchine fauna comprises 12 genera: Morley, Kriechbaumer, Taschenberg, Gravenhorst, Morley, Schmiedeknecht, Gravenhorst, Szépligeti, Cameron, Förster, Seyrig, and Viktorov. A well-illustrated revised key to the genera using high definition images is provided, and the endemic Afrotropical genus is revised, previously represented by two described species. Four new species are described: , , , and The first species-level identification key is provided for this rare genus.

First report of the lace bug Neoplerochila paliatseasi (Rodrigues, 1981) (Hemiptera: Tingidae) infesting cultivated olive trees in South Africa, and its complete mitochondrial sequence.

Olive lace bugs are small phytophagous Hemipteran insects known to cause agricultural losses in olive production in South Africa. Plerochila australis (Distant, 1904) has been reported as the species responsible for damage to olive trees; however, the diversity of olive lace bug species in the region has lacked attention. Adult olive lace bugs were collected incidentally from wild and cultivated olive trees in the Western Cape Province, and identified as P.

Review of Afrotropical Glenosema Kieffer (Hymenoptera, Bethylidae) with description of 13 new species.

The Afrotropical species of Glenosema are reviewed. Seventeen species are recognized, four previously described species, G. niloticum (Kieffer), G.

Extensive sampling and thorough taxonomic assessment of Afrotropical Rhyssinae (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) reveals two new species and demonstrates the limitations of previous sampling efforts.

Tropical forest invertebrates, such as the parasitoid wasp family Ichneumonidae, are poorly known. This work reports some of the first results of an extensive survey implemented in Kibale National Park, Uganda. A total of 456 individuals was caught of the subfamily Rhyssinae Morley, 1913, which in the Afrotropical region was previously known from only 30 specimens.

The complete mitochondrial genome of Bactrocera biguttula (Bezzi) (Diptera: Tephritidae) and phylogenetic relationships with other Dacini.

Bactrocera biguttula is an African olive fruit fly that does not attack cultivated olives but rather develops in the fruits of wild species of Olea and Noronhia. The complete mitochondrial genome of an individual specimen was characterized in comparison to other Bactrocera. The phylogenetic relationships of B.

Barcoding of parasitoid wasps (Braconidae and Chalcidoidea) associated with wild and cultivated olives in the Western Cape of South Africa .

Wild and cultivated olives harbor and share a diversity of insects, some of which are considered agricultural pests, such as the olive fruit fly. The assemblage of olive-associated parasitoids and seed wasps is rich and specialized in sub-Saharan Africa, with native species possibly coevolving with their hosts. Although historical entomological surveys reported on the diversity of olive wasp species in the Western Cape Province of South Africa, no comprehensive study has been performed in the region in the molecular era.

Morphology and life history of an ant parasitoid, Psilocharis afra (Hymenoptera: Eucharitidae).

Eucharitidae (Hymenoptera) are specialized ant (Formicidae) parasitoids. As we begin to develop a better understanding of their phylogenetic relationships, it is critical to establish baselines for morphological and biological data. A morphological review and the first report of life history data for Psilocharis afra Heraty is provided based on new material from the Mpumalanga Province of South Africa.

Revision of the species-group with description of a remarkable new species from South Africa (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea, Mymaridae).

A new Afrotropical species of Haliday, 1833 (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae), Polynema (Polynema) sagittaria van Noort & Triapitsyn, , is described and illustrated based on specimens collected in the Cape Floral region in south-western South Africa. This species is morphologically closely related to the recently described Polynema (Polynema) dikobraz Triapitsyn, 2017 from Madagascar, both species possessing enlarged spine-like microtrichia on the fore wing disc that are unique among all the known world fairyflies. This new species belongs to the informal species-group of the nominate subgenus of , which previously was only known from Madagascar.

Transcriptome sequence-based phylogeny of chalcidoid wasps (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) reveals a history of rapid radiations, convergence, and evolutionary success.

Chalcidoidea are a megadiverse group of mostly parasitoid wasps of major ecological and economical importance that are omnipresent in almost all extant terrestrial habitats. The timing and pattern of chalcidoid diversification is so far poorly understood and has left many important questions on the evolutionary history of Chalcidoidea unanswered. In this study, we infer the early divergence events within Chalcidoidea and address the question of whether or not ancestral chalcidoids were small egg parasitoids.

Description of a new species of (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Cerambycinae) from South Africa.

A new species of longhorned beetle in the tribe Tillomorphini, Capederces madibai sp. nov., is described from the "Albany district" in south-eastern South Africa.

New species of Bacuma Cameron (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Braconinae) from Kenya and West Darfur with a key to species.

Three new species of the Afrotropical braconine wasp genus Bacuma are described, and biological observations (nectar feeding) by one of them are noted. The new species are: B. kayserae Quicke & Butcher sp.

Review of Afrotropical Taschenberg (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Banchinae), with description of nine new species.

The Afrotropical banchine fauna (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) comprises 12 genera. One of these, Taschenberg, 1863, is a predominately northern hemisphere genus represented by 47 described species of which only one is known from the Afrotropical region. We describe nine new species of this rare Afrotropical genus: , , , , , , , , and All the Afrotropical species are only known from South Africa.

Review of the genus Heinrich (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Ichneumoninae) with interactive identification keys to species.

We describe Rousse, Broad & van Noort, , a new ichneumonine parasitoid wasp reared from logs infested by the cossid moth , which is considered a major pest of forestry and food crops in South Africa. This is the first plausible host association for the genus, and fits with the host association predictions of Heinrich. Two further undescribed species were found in the collections of the Natural History Museum in London and are described as Broad, Rousse & van Noort, and Broad, Rousse & van Noort, An identification key to the eight known species and a diagnosis for each species are provided, including photographs of all the primary type specimens.