Tylosema nigerrimum

Tylosema nigerrimum Kieffer

Tylosema nigerrimum Kieffer 1905. Holotype: in Museum National D’Histoire Naturelle Paris. Type Locality: Tebessa, Algeria

Distribution	Algeria: Tebessa.
Biology	Unknown.
Diagnosis	Separated from T. dayae by having the scutellar disk shagreened and distinctly margined posteriorly (smooth and lacking margin in T. dayae); separated from T. ronquisti by having a rugulose/areolate lateral aspect of the pronotum (smooth in T. ronquisti) and a shagreened mesoscutum (smooth in T. ronquisti).
Etymology	Nigerrimum = blackest. Superlative of niger (adjective) = black; rimus (adjective) - superlative suffix = most ( -est). Reference to black colouration of species.
References	Buffington, M.L. & van Noort, S. 2007. A world revision of Pycnostigminae (Cynipoidea: Figitidae) with descriptions of seven new species. Zootaxa 1392: 1-30 Kieffer, J.J. 1905. Description de quelques Hyménoptères exotiques. Bulletin de la Societé Histoires Naturelles de Metz, 24, 85-114.
Credits	Photographs © Simon van Noort (Iziko Museums of South Africa), first published in Zootaxa 1392. Map illustration © Simon van Noort (Iziko Museums of South Africa). Matt Buffington (Systematic Entomology Laboratory, USDA/ARS) and Mattias Forshage (Swedish Museum of Natural History) both played an integral role in the development of the Cynipoidea pages.