Platygastridae

Classification and checklist of Afrotropical platygastrid wasps

(Life: Kingdom: Metazoa (animals); Phylum: Arthropoda; Class: Hexapoda; Order: Hymenoptera; Superfamily Platygastroidea; Family: Platygastridae)

Subfamily PLATYGASTRINAE
- Genus Acerotella Masner, 1964
  - Acerotella tschirnhausi Buhl, 2014 (Togo)
- Genus Aceroteta Kozlov & Masner, 1977
  - Aceroteta africana Buhl, 2005 (South Africa, Tanzania)
- Genus Allostemma Masner & Huggert, 1989
  - Allostemma species
- Genus Ambylaspis Förster, 1856
  - Amblyaspis elgonensis Buhl, 2006 (Kenya)
  - Amblyaspis iringensis Buhl, 2010 (Tanzania)
- Genus Ceratacis Thomson, 1859
- Genus Euxestonotus Fouts, 1925
  - Euxestonotus charon Buhl, 2004
  - Euxestonotus pilipterus Buhl, 2005
- Genus Gastrotrypes Brues, 1922
- Genus Holocoeliella Huggert, 1981
  - Holocoeliella debaucheella (Huggert, 1976) (Democratic Republic of Congo)
- Genus Inostemma Haliday, 1833
  - Inostemma africanum Ghesquière, 1939 (Democratic Republic of Congo)
  - Inostemma ambilobei (Risbec, 1955) (Madagascar)
  - Inostemma dux Buhl, 2007 (South Africa)
  - Inostemma nitidum Sundholm, 1970 (South Africa)
  - Inostemma rugosum Sundholm, 1970 (South Africa)
  - Inostemma senegalense Risbec, 1950 (Senegal)
  - Inostemma soederlundi Buhl, 2005 (South Africa)
  - Inostemma sylvaticum (Risbec, 1953) (Madagascar)
  - Inostemma tschirnhausi Buhl, 2014 (Togo)
- Genus Iphitrachelus Haliday, 1835
  - Iphitrachelus africanus Huggert, 1976 (Democratic Republic of Congo)
    Iphitrachelus danielssoni Buhl, 2005 (South Africa, Togo)
  - Iphitrachelus danielssoni Buhl, 2005 (South Africa, Togo)
  - Iphitrachelus gracilis Masner, 1957 (Ivory Coast. Also Palaearctic region)
- Genus Isostasius Förster, 1856
  - Isostasius polaszeki Buhl, 2004 (Ivory Coast)
- Genus Leptacis Förster, 1856
  - Leptacis acanthia Buhl, 2005 (South Africa, Togo)
  - Leptacis acuticlava Buhl, 2011 (Tanzania)
  - Leptacis africana Masner, 1960 (Democratic Republic of Congo, Togo)
  - Leptacis ambrensis Masner, 1960 (Madagascar)
  - Leptacis aramis Masner, 1960 (Democratic Republic of Congo)
  - Leptacis aranea Masner, 1960 (Democratic Republic of Congo)
  - Leptacis athos Masner, 1960 (Democratic Republic of Congo, Togo)
  - Leptacis bidentata Buhl, 2004 (Tanzania, Togo)
  - Leptacis bispinosa Buhl, 2005 (South Africa, Togo)
  - Leptacis brevigaster Buhl, 2004 (Ivory Coast, Nigeria)
  - Leptacis celisi (Risbec, 1958)
  - Leptacis dendrophila Buhl, 2011 (Tanzania)
  - Leptacis dilatispina Buhl, 2011 (Tanzania)
  - Leptacis disticha Buhl, 2005 (South Africa)
  - Leptacis dux Masner, 1960
  - Leptacis exigua Buhl, 2005
  - Leptacis flavosignata (Kieffer, 1912) (Seychelles)
  - Leptacis fusiformis Buhl, 2005 (South Africa, Togo)
  - Leptacis graciliventris Buhl, 2003 (South Africa)
  - Leptacis insularis Masner, 1960
  - Leptacis ioannoui Buhl, 2011 (Tanzania)
  - Leptacis johnsoni Buhl, 2011 (Tanzania)
  - Leptacis katanga Masner, 1960 (Democratic Republic of Congo)
  - Leptacis kivuensis (Risbec, 1958) (Democratic Republic of Congo)
  - Leptacis kryi Buhl, 2011 (Tanzania)
  - Leptacis laevipleura Buhl, 2011 (Tanzania)
  - Leptacis latipetiolata Buhl, 2011 (Tanzania)
  - Leptacis leroyi (Risbec, 1958) (Democratic Republic of Congo, Nigeria)
  - Leptacis limnocharis (Kieffer, 1910) (Democratic Republic of Congo)
  - Leptacis longispinula Masner, 1960 (Madagascar)
  - Leptacis longiciliata Buhl, 2003 (Guinea-Bissau)
  - Leptacis luboi Buhl, 2003 (South Africa)
  - Leptacis macrotoma (Kieffer, 1910) (Democratic Republic of Congo)
  - Leptacis mckameyi Buhl, 2011 (Tanzania)
  - Leptacis microcera Buhl, 2003 (Ivory Coast, Sierra Leone, Togo)
  - Leptacis mitratus Huggert, 1976 (Democratic Republic of Congo)
  - Leptacis nana Masner, 1960
  - Leptacis oculata Masner, 1960 (Madagascar)
  - Leptacis pallidispina Buhl, 2005 (South Africa)
  - Leptacis papei Buhl, 2011 (Tanzania)
  - Leptacis pauliani (Risbec, 1953) (Madagascar)
  - Leptacis piestopleuroides Buhl, 2011 (Tanzania)
  - Leptacis pilosa Buhl, 2005 (South Africa)
  - Leptacis popovicii Buhl, 2011 (Tanzania)
  - Leptacis porthos Masner, 1960 (Democratic Republic of Congo)
  - Leptacis pronotata Buhl, 2011 (Tanzania, Togo)
  - Leptacis pumilio Masner, 1960
  - Leptacis risbeci Masner, 1960
  - Leptacis seyrigi Masner, 1960 (Madagascar)
  - Leptacis soederlundi Buhl, 2005 (South Africa)
  - Leptacis tenuis Buhl, 2005 (South Africa)
  - Leptacis terricola Masner, 1960 (Ivory Coast, Togo)
  - Leptacis xestonota Masner, 1960 (Madagascar)
- Genus Piestopleura Förster, 1856
  - Piestopleura abyssinica Buhl, 2004 (Ethiopia)
- Genus Platygaster Latrielle, 1809
  - Platygaster acaciae Buhl, 2007 (Kenya)
  - Platygaster alticola Kieffer, 1910 (Rwanda)
  - Platygaster baezi Buhl, 2004 (Canary Islands, Ethiopia, Ivory Coast, Kenya)
  - Platygaster cuspidata Buhl, 2005
  - Platygaster diplosisae Risbec, 1956 (Afrotropical)
  - Platygaster dombeyae Risbec, 1953 (Madagascar)
  - Platygaster dryomiae Dieuzeide, 1927 (Afrotropical)
  - Platygaster ethiopica Buhl, 2004 (Ethiopia)
  - Platygaster flagellata Buhl, 2003 (South Africa)
  - Platygaster fusca Buhl, 2004 (Kenya)
  - Platygaster gambiana Buhl, 2006 (Gambia)
  - Platygaster grandidieri Buhl, 2015 (Madagascar)
  - Platygaster kenyana Buhl, 2004 (Kenya)
  - Platygaster laticornis Buhl, 2004
  - Platygaster leroyi Risbec, 1958
  - Platygaster mahensis Kieffer, 1912 (Seychelles)
  - Platygaster malaisei Buhl, 2005 (South Africa)
  - Platygaster mandrakae Risbec, 1955 (Madagascar)
  - Platygaster matuschanskavaskyi Buhl, 2003
  - Platygaster muscivora Risbec, 1950 (Afrotropical)
  - Platygaster natalensis Buhl, 2003 (South Africa)
  - Platygaster nigeriana Buhl, 2004 (Nigeria)
  - Platygaster oculata Buhl, 2004
  - Platygaster pauliani Risbec, 1953 (Madagascar)
  - Platygaster perineti Risbec, 1953 (Madagascar)
  - Platygaster philippiae Risbec, 1953 (Madagascar)
  - Platygaster pilco Sundholm, 1970 (South Africa)
  - Platygaster piso Sundholm, 1970 (Lesotho)
  - Platygaster platyptera Buhl, 2005 (South Africa)
  - Platygaster polaszeki Buhl, 2004 (Ivory Coast, Kenya)
  - Platygaster pubiventris Buhl, 2005
- Genus Proleptacis Kieffer, 1926
  - Proleptacis species
- Genus Synopeas Förster, 1856
  - Synopeas africanus Buhl, 2004
  - Synopeas bicolor Sundholm, 1970 (South Africa)
  - Synopeas bifoveatus (Kieffer, 1912)
  - Synopeas capensis Buhl, 2005
  - Synopeas congoana (Risbec, 1958) (Democratic Republic of Congo)
  - Synopeas cynipsoides Buhl, 2004
  - Synopeas fulvimanus Buhl, 2004
  - Synopeas ibadanensis Buhl, 2004 (Nigeria)
  - Synopeas iensis (Risbec, 1953) (Madagascar)
  - Synopeas kovacsi Buhl, 2004
  - Synopeas monticola (Kieffer, 1910) (Central Africa)
  - Synopeas nigeriana Buhl, 2004 (Ivory Coast, Nigeria)
  - Synopeas nigerrimus Sundholm, 1970 (South Africa)
  - Synopeas pallidicornis Buhl, 2006 (Gambia)
  - Synopeas polaszeki Buhl, 2004 (Ivory Coast)
  - Synopeas procerus Buhl, 2005
  - Synopeas seychellensis (Kieffer, 1912) (Seychelles)
  - Synopeas soederlundi Buhl, 2005 (South Africa)
  - Synopeas striatus (Risbec, 1958) (Democratic Republic of Congo)
  - Synopeas sundholmi Buhl, 2005
  - Synopeas thorkildi Buhl, 2004
  - Synopeas tuberosus Sundholm, 1970
- Genus Trichacis Förster, 1856
Subfamily SCELIOTRACHELINAE
- Genus Afrisolia Masner & Huggert, 1989
  - Afrisolia anyskop van Noort and Lahey, 2021 (South Africa)
  - Afrisolia obesa Masner & Huggert, 1989 (South Africa)
  - Afrisolia quagga van Noort and Lahey, 2021 (South Africa)
  - Afrisolia robertsoni van Noort and Lahey, 2021 (South Africa)
- Genus Allotropa Förster, 1856
  - Allotropa canopyana Buhl, 2011 (Tanzania)
  - Allotropa delottococci Buhl, 2019 (South Africa. Introduced Spain)
  - Allotropa fusca Buhl, 2011 (Tanzania)
  - Allotropa kamurovi Annecke & Prinsloo, 1977 (South Africa)
  - Allotropa loundsburyi Ashmead, 1901 (South Africa)
  - Allotropa magnini Risbec, 1955 (Ivory Coast)
  - Allotropa pauliana Risbec, 1955 (Madagascar)
- Genus Amitus Haldeman, 1850
  - Amitus hesperidum Silvestri, 1927 (Oriental, but introduced to many parts of the world)
  - Amitus species (Kenya)
  - Amitus species (Madagascar)
- Genus Fidiobia Ashmead, 1894
  - Fidiobia benjamini (Nixon, 1969)
  - Fidiobia celeritas van Noort and Lahey, 2021 (South Africa)
  - Fidiobia danielssoni Buhl, 2001 (South Africa)
  - Fidiobia filicornis Buhl, 2014 (Togo)
- Genus Isolia Förster, 1878
  - Isolia hispanica Buhl, 1999 (Kenya)
- Genus Parabaeus Kieffer, 1910
  - Parabaeus africanus Austin, 1990 (Malawi)
  - Parabaeus armadillus Austin, 1990 (South Africa)
  - Parabaeus austini Buhl, 2011 (Tanzania)
  - Parabaeus brevicornis, Buhl, 2011 (Tanzania)
  - Parabaeus nasutus van Noort, 2021 (South Africa)
  - Parabaeus papei Buhl, 2011 (Tanzania)
  - Parabaeus peckorum Austin, 1990 (South Africa)
  - Parabaeus quasimodus Austin, 1990 (Kenya)
  - Parabaeus ruficornis Kieffer, 1910 (Seychelles)
- Genus Pulchrisolia Szabó, 1959
  - Pulchrisolia ankremos Lahey, 2019 (Ghana, Ivory Coast)
  - Pulchrisolia asantesana van Noort & Lahey, 2019 (South Africa)
  - Pulchrisolia diehoekensis van Noort & Lahey, 2019 (South Africa)
  - Pulchrisolia ellieae Lahey, 2019 (Madagascar)
  - Pulchrisolia maculata Szabó, 1959 (Kenya, Tanzania)
  - Pulchrisolia nephelae Lahey, 2019 (Benin, Burkina Faso, Gambia, Ivory Coast, Mali, Nigeria)
  - Pulchrisolia robynae van Noort & Lahey, 2019 (South Africa)
  - Pulchrisolia sanbornei Lahey & Masner, 2019 (South Africa)
  - Pulchrisolia teras Lahey, 2019 (Madagascar)
  - Pulchrisolia valerieae Polaszek & Lahey, 2019 (Zambia)
- Genus Sceliotrachelus Brues, 1908
  - Sceliotrachelus braunsi Brues, 1908 (South Africa)
  - Sceliotrachelus karooensis van Noort, 2021 (South Africa)
  - Sceliotrachelus midgleyi van Noort, 2021 (South Africa)

Comments

The classification presented here follows Chen et al. 2021. Finally a comprehensive phylogenetic assessment based on both morphological and molecular data to formulate a revised classification of Platygastroidea has been completed. Murphy et al. (2007) conducted a molecular phylogenetic analysis of the entire Platygastroidea in which the Platygastridae was supported as a monophyletic group nested within Scelionidae. As a result the Scelionidae were retrieved as polyphyletic, but the classification was not revised because of low support for many of the deeper nodes in the cladogram, and inadequate taxon sampling (less than a quarter of the valid genera in the superfamily were included in their analyses). Based on the results of Murphy et al. (2007), Sharkey (2007) formally synonymised Scelionidae with Platygastridae. Subsequently McKellar & Engel (2012) raised the tribes Sparasionini and Nixonini to family level and recognized four families: Nixoniidae, Sparasionidae, Scelionidae and Platygastridae, but in Ortega-Blanca et al. (2014) they treated placement of these two tribes within the Platygastroidea as incertae sedis recognizing only two families: Scelionidae and Platygastridae. These higher classification changes made by Sharkey (2007) and McKellar & Engel (2012) were largely not accepted (Talamas & Buffington, 2015; Popovici et al. 2017). With a revised classification having recently been published supported by robust phylogenetic data (Chen et al. 2021) this latest classification schema is now followed.

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Platygastridae

Classification and checklist of Afrotropical platygastrid wasps

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