![](images/Pristomerus_afrikaner_holotype_SANC_habitus_profile_100.jpg) |
Pristomerus afrikaner
Rousse & van Noort, 2015 |
![](images/Pristomerus_aka_SAM-HYM-P047383_habitus_profile_100.jpg) |
Pristomerus aka
Rousse & van Noort, 2015 |
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Pristomerus albescens
(Morley, 1917) |
![](images/Pristomerus_babinga_SAM-HYM-P047384_habitus%20profile_100.jpg) |
Pristomerus babinga
Rousse & van Noort, 2015 |
![](images/Pristomerus_bemba_SAM_HYM_P047391_holotype_habitus_profile_100.jpg) |
Pristomerus bemba
Rousse & van Noort, 2015 |
![](images/Pristomerus_bullis_NHM_holotype_habitus_profile_100.jpg)
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Pristomerus bullis
Fitton, 1994
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![](images/Pristomerus_caris_NHM_holotype_habitus_profile_100.jpg) |
Pristomerus caris
Fitton, 1994
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![](images/Pristomerus_dikidiki_Holotype_MRAC_habitus_profile_100.jpg) |
Pristomerus dikidiki
Rousse & van Noort, 2015 |
![](images/Pristomerus_guinness_MNHN_Holotype_habitus_profile_100.jpg) |
Pristomerus guinness
Rousse, Villemant & Seyrig, 2013
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![](images/Pristomerus_hansoni_MNHN_holotype_habitus_profile_100.jpg) |
Pristomerus hansoni Rousse, Villemant & Seyrig, 2013
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![](images/Pristomerus_herero_holotype_SAM_HYM_P001203_holotype_100.jpg) |
Pristomerus herero
Rousse & van Noort, 2015 |
![](images/Pristomerus_hutu_SAM-HYM_P047386_habitus_profile_100.jpg) |
Pristomerus hutu
Rousse & van Noort, 2015 |
![](images/Pristomerus_kagga_SAM-HYM-P048057_habitus_lateral_100.jpg) |
Pristomerus
kagga
Rousse & van Noort, 2015 |
![](images/Pristomerus_kelikely_MNHN_habitus_profile_100.jpg) |
Pristomerus kelikely Rousse, Villemant & Seyrig, 2013
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![](images/Pristomerus_keyka_MNHN_Paratype_habitus_profile_100.jpg) |
Pristomerus keyka Rousse, Villemant &
Seyrig, 2013
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![](images/Pristomerus_khoikhoi_SAM-HYM-P047392_habitus_profile_100.jpg) |
Pristomerus khoikhoi
Rousse & van Noort, 2015 |
![](images/Pristomerus_kuku_SAM-HYM-P047401_habitus_profile_100.jpg) |
Pristomerus kuku
Rousse & van Noort, 2015 |
![](images/Pristomerus_masai_SAM-HYM-P047403_habitus_profile_100.jpg) |
Pristomerus masai
Rousse & van Noort, 2015 |
![](images/Pristomerus_mbaka_SAM-HYM-P047405_habitus_profile_100.jpg) |
Pristomerus mbaka
Rousse & van Noort, 2015 |
![](images/Pristomerus_mbama_SAM-HYM_P041662_habitus_profile_100.jpg) |
Pristomerus mbama
Rousse & van Noort, 2015 |
![](images/Pristomerus_mboum_SAM-HYM-P047406_habitus_profile_100.jpg) |
Pristomerus mboum
Rousse & van Noort, 2015 |
![](images/Pristomerus_melissa_MNHN_habitus_profile_100.jpg) |
Pristomerus melissa Rousse, Villemant & Seyrig,
2013 |
![](images/Pristomerus_moramora_MNHN_holotype_habitus_profile_100.jpg) |
Pristomerus moramora Rousse, Villemant & Seyrig,
2013 |
![](images/Pristomerus_nzakara_SAM-HYM-P047407_habitus_profile_100.jpg) |
Pristomerus nzakara
Rousse & van Noort, 2015 |
![](images/Pristomerus_pallidus_MCSN_holotype_profile_100.jpg) |
Pristomerus pallidus
(Kriechbaumer, 1884)
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![](images/Pristomerus_patator_MNHN_holotype_habitus_profile_100.jpg) |
Pristomerus patator Rousse, Villemant & Seyrig,
2013 |
![](images/Pristomerus_protea_Holotype_SAM_HYM_P039304_habitus_profile_100.jpg) |
Pristomerus protea
Rousse & van Noort, 2015 |
![](images/Pristomerus_ranomafana_MNHN_habitus_profile_100.jpg) |
Pristomerus ranomafanana Rousse, Villemant &
Seyrig, 2013 |
![](images/Pristomerus_restio_SAM-HYM-P047408_habitus_profile_100.jpg) |
Pristomerus restio
Rousse & van Noort, 2015 |
![](images/Pristomerus_rivier_holotype_MNHN_habitus_100.jpg) |
Pristomerus rivier
Rousse, Villemant & Seyrig, 2012 |
![](images/Pristomerus_roberti_MNHN_holotype_habitus_profile_100.jpg) |
Pristomerus roberti Rousse, Villemant &
Seyrig, 2013 |
![](images/Pristomerus_ruficaput_Holotype_NHM_habitus_profile_100.jpg) |
Pristomerus
ruficaput
Morley,
1912 |
![](images/Pristomerus_san_SAM-HYM-P047410_habitus_profile_100.jpg) |
Pristomerus san
Rousse & van Noort, 2015 |
![](images/Pristomerus_sara_holotype_SAM_HYM_P047409_habitus_profile_100.jpg) |
Pristomerus sara
Rousse & van Noort, 2015 |
![](images/Pristomerus_sotho_holotype_SAM_HYM_P047100_habitus_100.jpg) |
Pristomerus sotho
Rousse & van Noort, 2015 |
![](images/Pristomerus_swahili_holotpe_SAM_HYM_P047411_habitus_profile_100.jpg) |
Pristomerus swahili
Rousse & van Noort, 2015 |
![](images/Pristomerus_teke_holotype_SAM_HYM_P041663_habitus_100.jpg) |
Pristomerus teke
Rousse & van Noort, 2015 |
![](images/Pristomerus_tutsi_holotype_SAM_HYM_P047413_habitus_profile_100.jpg) |
Pristomerus tutsi
Rousse & van Noort, 2015 |
![](images/Pristomerus_vahaza_MNHN_holotype_habitus_profile_100.jpg) |
Pristomerus vahaza Rousse, Villemant &
Seyrig, 2013 |
![](images/Pristomerus_veloma_MNHN_holotype_habitus_profile_100.jpg) |
Pristomerus veloma Rousse, Villemant &
Seyrig, 2013 |
![](images/Pristomerus_venda_holotpe_SAM_HYM_P001224_habitus_profile_100.jpg) |
Pristomerus venda
Rousse & van Noort, 2015 |
![](images/Pristomerus_wolof_holotype_SAM_HYM_P047415_habitus_profile_100.jpg) |
Pristomerus wolof
Rousse & van Noort, 2015 |
![](images/Pristomerus_xhosa_Holotype_SAM_HYM_P047416_habitus_profile_100.jpg) |
Pristomerus xhosa
Rousse & van Noort, 2015 |
![](images/Pristomerus_yago_MNHN_holotype_habitus_profile_100.jpg) |
Pristomerus
yago Rousse, Villemant & Seyrig, 2013 |
![](images/Pristomerus_yakoma_SAM-HYM-P049431_habitus_profile_100.jpg) |
Pristomerus yakoma
Rousse & van Noort, 2015 |
![](images/Pristomerus_yangere_holotype_SAM-HYM-P049432_holotype_habitus_profile_100.jpg) |
Pristomerus yangere
Rousse & van Noort, 2015 |
![](images/Pristomerus_yoccolo_holotype_MRAC_habitus_profile_100.jpg) |
Pristomerus yoccolo
Rousse & van Noort, 2015 |
![](images/Pristomerus_zande_holotype_SAM_HYM_P049434_habitus_profile_100.jpg) |
Pristomerus zande
Rousse & van Noort, 2015 |
![](images/Pristomerus_zulu_holotype_SANC_habitus_profile_100.jpg) |
Pristomerus zulu
Rousse & van Noort, 2015 |
Distribution
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Worldwide.
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Richness
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About 160 described species, but many more still to
be described.
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Biology
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Parasitoids of small Lepidoptera
caterpillars feeding in concealed situations such as leaf rolls, buds,
tunnels. Hosts: Chilo
partellus (Pyralidae), Pectinophora gossypiella (Gelechiidae). |
References
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Curtis,
J. 1836. British Entomology; being illustrations and descriptions of the
genera of insects found in Great Britain and Ireland. 13: 588-624.
Panzer,
G.W.F. 1799. Faunae Insectorum Germanicae. Heft 70-72.
Rousse,
P. & van Noort, S.
2015.
Revision of the Afrotropical species of
Pristomerus (Ichneumonidae: Cremastinae), with description of 31 new species.
European Journal of Taxonomy
124: 1-129.
http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2015.124
Rousse, P. & Villemant, C. 2012.
Ichneumons in Reunion Island: a catalogue of the local
Ichneumonidae (Hymenoptera) species, including 15 new taxa and a key to species.
Zootaxa 3278: 1–57.
Rousse, P.,
Villemant, C. & Seyrig, A. 2013.
Ichneumonid wasps from Madagascar.
VI. The genus Pristomerus (Hymenopetra: Ichneumonidae: Cremastinae).
European Journal of Taxonomy 49: 1-38.
http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2013.49
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Credits
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Photographs © Pascal Rousse, Simon van Noort, or Aisha Mayekiso (Iziko Museums of South
Africa). Map illustration © Simon van Noort (Iziko Museums of South
Africa). |
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