
1 Dorsal
margin of pronotum predominantly yellowish-white (A, B); female
antennae with annulus from 6th to 9th flagellomere (B); tropical
Africa ...2

– Dorsal margin of pronotum orangish-brown, concolorous with the
rest of pronotum (a, b); female antennae with annulus from 6th to
12th flagellomere (a, b); Madagascar ...3

2 Female predominantly black to dark brown (A); second tergite of
metasoma shorter, 2× times as long as wide (B); male generally
darker in color (predominantly black to dark brown) with a more
restricted yellowish-white to yellow longitudinal area on the
mesopleuron (Fig. 13B); mesopleuron finely, sparsely punctate (C)
...C.
nyanga Rousse & van Noort, 2013

– Female predominantly brownish-orange (a); second tergites of
metasoma longer, 3× times as long as wide (b); male generally
lighter in color (predominantly light to dark brown) with a more
extensive yellowish-white area on the mesopleuron (Fig. 13A);
mesopleuron impunctate except for a few scattered, nearly indistinct
punctures (c) ...C.
ganota Claridge, 2023

3(1) Apex of propodeum elongated between hind coxae, reaching half
their length (A); clypeus strongly transverse, less than 3× as wide
as long (B); metasoma of female strongly elongated, longer than hind
leg, with ventral margins of 3rd and following tergites overlapping
(C) ...C.
pelecinoides Heinrich, 1938

– Apex of propodeum hardly elongated between hind coxae (a); clypeus
extremely transverse more than 3× as wide as long (b); metasoma of
female shorter or as long as hind leg, with ventral margins of 4th
and following tergites overlapping (c) ...C.
nitida Heinrich, 1938
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