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

Simon van Noort; Scott Richard Shaw; Robert S Copeland

doi:10.3897/zookeys.1112.82307

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

Zookeys. 2022 Jul 12:1112:27-122. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.1112.82307. eCollection 2022.

Authors

Simon van Noort^{1

2}, Scott Richard Shaw³, Robert S Copeland^{4

5}

Affiliations

¹ Research and Exhibitions Department, South African Museum, Iziko Museums of South Africa, PO Box 61, Cape Town 8000 South Africa South African Museum, Iziko Museums of South Africa Cape Town South Africa.
² Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cape Town, Private Bag, Rondebosch, 7701, South Africa University of Cape Town Cape Town South Africa.
³ U.W. Insect Museum, Department of Ecosystem Science and Management (3354), University of Wyoming, 1000 East University Avenue, Laramie, Wyoming 82071-3354, USA University of Wyoming Laramie United States of America.
⁴ International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE), P.O. Box 30772 Nairobi, Kenya International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE) Nairobi Kenya.
⁵ Department of Entomology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC, USA National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution Washington United States of America.

Abstract

The endemic Afrotropical genus Dinapsis is revised, and seven new species are described and illustrated: D.bicolor van Noort & Shaw, sp. nov., D.gamka van Noort & Shaw, sp. nov., D.igneus van Noort & Shaw, sp. nov., D.spinitibia van Noort & Shaw, sp. nov., D.taita van Noort & Shaw, sp. nov., D.tricolor Shaw & van Noort, sp. nov., D.zulu Shaw & van Noort, sp. nov. The distribution of the Central African Republican species D.centralis Shaw & van Noort, 2009 is extended to include Cameroon, Kenya and Uganda. Dinapsisturneri 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. Four distinct species groups within the genus are proposed and diagnosed. An illustrated identification key to all described species of Dinapsis is provided. Online interactive Lucid keys to Afrotropical megalyrid genera and Dinapsis species are available at http://www.waspweb.org.

Keywords: Africa; barcode; holotype; identification key; new species; parasitoid; taxonomy; wasp.

Simon van Noort, Scott Richard Shaw, Robert S. Copeland.

Grants and funding

National Science Foundation National Research Foundation McIntire-Stennis Grant University of Wyoming UK Aid Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA) Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) Kenyan Government