Phanerotoma Wesmael, 1838

Phanerotoma aviculus Saussure,1892

Phanerotoma bannensis Masi,1944

Phanerotoma bekilyensis Granger,1949

Phanerotoma brevis Zettel,1990

Phanerotoma carobivora van Achterberg & Thackeray, 2017

Phanerotoma caudata Granger,1949

Phanerotoma curvicarinata Cameron,1911

Phanerotoma decorata Szépligeti,1914

Phanerotoma curvimaculata Cameron,1911

Phanerotoma dentata (Panzer,1805)

Phanerotoma ebneri Fahringer,1924

Phanerotoma fasciatipennis Granger,1949

Phanerotoma ghesquierei de Saeger,1948

Phanerotoma gracilipes (Szépligeti,1914)

Phanerotoma graciloides van Achterberg,1990

Phanerotoma hapaliae de Saeger,1948

Phanerotoma iturica de Saeger,1942

Phanerotoma leucobasis Kriechbaumer,1894

Phanerotoma marshalli (Buysson,1897)

Phanerotoma masiana Fahringer,1934

Phanerotoma modesta Masi,1944 (Somalia)

Phanerotoma nigriceps Szépligeti,1914

Phanerotoma nitidiventris Zettel,1990

Phanerotoma ornatula Brues,1926

Phanerotoma pallidipes Cameron,1911

Phanerotoma pallidula Masi,1945

Phanerotoma phycitinoma de Saeger,1942

Phanerotoma pygmaea Szépligeti,1913

Phanerotoma pyrodercis Fischer,1962

Phanerotoma robertiana (Cameron,1904)

Phanerotoma robusta Zettel,1988

Phanerotoma ruficornis Granger,1949

Phanerotoma saussurei Kohl,1906

Phanerotoma somaliae Masi,1943

Phanerotoma subpygmaea Granger,1949

Phanerotoma vana de Saeger,1948

Phanerotoma uniformis Brues,1926

Phanerotoma variegata Szépligeti,1914

Phanerotoma wahlbergianae Fischer,1963

Phanerotoma species (South Africa)

Biology

Solitary endoparasitoids (koinobiont) of Lepidoptera larvae.

Distribution

Worldwide. Afrotropical region: Benin, Cape Verde Islands, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo,  Kenya, Ethiopia, Guinea, Madagascar, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo.

References

Braet, Y., Rousse, P. & Sharkey, M. 2012. New data on African Cheloninae (Hymenoptera, Braconidae) show a strong biogeographic signal for taxa with spined propodea. Zootaxa 3385: 1–32.

Brues, C.T. 1924. Some South African parasitic Hymenoptera of the families Evaniidae, Braconidae, Alysiidae, and Plumariidae in the South African Museum with a catalogue of the known species. Annals of the South African Museum. 19:1-150.

De Saeger, H. 1948. Cardiochilinae et Sigalphinae (Hymenoptea: Apocrita) Fam. Braconidae. Exploration du Parc National Albert. Mission G.F. de Witte. 53:1-272.

Granger, C. 1949. Braconides de Madagascar. Mémoires de l’Institut scientifique de Madagascar (A), 2, 1–428.

Shenefelt, R.D. 1973. Braconidae 6. Cheloninae. Hymenopterorum Catalogus (nova editio). Pars 10. pp.813-936.

van Achterberg C., Thackery, S., & Hill, M. 2017. A new species of Phanerotoma Wesmael (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Cheloninae) parasitoid of the carob moth in South Africa. Zootaxa, 4227: 127–134. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4227.1.8

Wesmael, C. 1835. Monographie des Braconides de Belgique. Nouveaux Memoires de l'Academie Royale des Sciences et Belles-lettres Bruxelles 9: 1–252.
Zettel, H. 1990. Eine Revision der Gattungen der Cheloninae (Hymenoptera, Braconidae) mit Beschreibungen neuer Gattungen und Arten. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien. 91B:147-196.

Credits

Photographs © Johan Heyns (Gauteng) or © Cornelis van Achterberg (RMNH).