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03FF545FFFE9FFEB4CA2FC69236FA9BD.text	03FF545FFFE9FFEB4CA2FC69236FA9BD.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Afrotremex comatus Goulet 2014	<div><p>2. Afrotremex comatus n. sp.</p> <p>Fig T2.1 (female habitus); M1– M2, M4b, M5 (morphology); K4b, K7, K10, K14, K45, K47, K49, K51 (keys); T1.8, T2.1–T2.7 (description).</p> <p>Map T1.26, red circle</p> <p>Type material. Holotype female (USNM) in perfect condition, labeled [White] “Bwamba Uganda May 1956 R. Carcasson”; [White} “ Kenya Natl. Mus. exchange; [White] " Tremex Jurine "; [Red] “ HOLOTYPE Afrotremex comatus ♀ H. Goulet, 2013 ”.</p> <p>Paratype. 1 female. Democratic Republic of the Congo. Kivu: Route Kavumu à Kabunga, km 82 (Mingazi) v/ vi.1951 (H. Bomans) (1 F, MRAC).</p> <p>Diagnosis. Among species with few pits (&lt;10) usually isolated on anterolateral corner of lateral band (A. opacus), adults of A. comatus are distinguished from those of A. opacus by the presence of numerous long setae on medial surface of the pronotum (best seen in lateral view).</p> <p>Comparative diagnosis. Afrotremex comatus is most similar to A. opacus. It is unique in the following four features: size and number of setae on the median section of pronotum; and color pattern of some cells of the fore wing and on the anal lobe and apex of the hind wing.</p> <p>Afrotremex comatus is distinguished from A. opacus by the unique attributes mentioned above and the following five features: size and number of setae on dorsal surface of the pronotum; extent of the tinted surface on the apex and the anal lobe of hind wing; extent of the shiny surface on terga 4–7; proportions of the median basin; and length of the pit and its ventral fold on annulus 10 of ovipositor.</p> <p>Afrotremex comatus shares with A. opacus the following nine features: row of isolated pits in the lower 0.5 of gena; size of the sensory oval on the dorsal surface of flagellomere 2; relative width of the mesoscutal median band at its narrowest; presence of few pits anterolaterally on the lateral band of mesoscutum; absence of sculpticells on the scutoscutellar furrow; extent of pitted sculpticells on tergum 8; extent of pitted sculpticells in and between pits above the lateral longitudinal furrow on tergum 9; extent of pitted sculpticells around and partly within pits on the surface anterior to lateral tooth on tergum 10; and size and shape of the pit on annulus 2 of ovipositor.</p> <p>Afrotremex comatus is distinguished from A. hyalinatus by the unique attributes mentioned above and the following 13 features: size of the sensory oval on the dorsal side of flagellomere 2; density and size of pits on gena; shape of the setae at their apex and their relative length on clypeus, frons and postocellar area; number and size of setae on the dorsal surface of pronotum; width of the mesoscutal median band at its narrowest; extent of sculpticells on the anterior 0.3 of median and submedian bands; absence of extension of fine pits of the mesoscutal median band posterior submedian band; number of pits on anterolateral corner of the mesoscutal lateral band; distribution of sculpticells on the scutoscutellar furrow; color pattern on the fore and hind wings; number of shiny teeth and size of pits along the anterior margin of axilla; extent of shiny surface on terga 4–8; prominence of the median ridge in median basin of tergum 9; density and size of pits on sterna 2–6; and length and width of pit on annulus 2 of ovipositor.</p> <p>Afrotremex comatus is distinguished from A. xylophagus by in all unique features mentioned above and the 14 following features: proportion of the pedicel; size of the sensory oval on the dorsal side of flagellomere 2; density and size of pits on gena; shape of setae at their apex and their relative length on clypeus, frons and postocellar area; width of the mesoscutal median band at its narrowest; number and size of setae on the dorsal surface of pronotum; absence of the lateral extension of the fine pits from the median band posterior to submedian band; number of pits on the anterolateral corner of the lateral band of mesoscutum; distribution of microsculpture on the scutoscutellar furrow; sculpture on axilla; color pattern on the fore and hind wings; extent of pitted sculpticells on tergum 6–8; distribution of pitted sculpticells in and around pits on the surface above the lateral longitudinal furrow on tergum 9; distribution of pits and pitted sculpticells on surface anterior to lateral tooth on tergum 10; and size and outline of the pit on annulus 2.</p> <p>Afrotremex comatus shares with A. xylophagus the following feature: shape of pits with raised posterior edge in a row between the lower eye margin and occiput and sculpture at the bottom of each of these pits.</p> <p>Afrotremex comatus is distinguished from A. violaceus and A. pallipennis, two similar species, by all unique features mentioned above and the twelve following features: size of the sensory oval on dorsal side of flagellomere 2; distribution and organization of pits in a row between the lower eye margin and the occiput and sculpture at the bottom of these pits; number of long setae on the median area of pronotum; sharpness of the lateral edge of the mesoscutal submedian band and its curvature in basal 0.5; lateral extension of fine pits from the mesoscutal median band posterior to submedian band; number of pits on the anterolateral corner of the mesoscutal lateral band; distribution of microsculpture on the scutoscutellar furrow; color pattern of the fore and hind wings; extent of the shiny surface on terga 5–8; width of the mesoscutal median band at its narrowest; distribution of pitted sculpticells in and around pits above the lateral longitudinal furrow on tergum 9; distribution of pits and pitted sculpticells on the surface anterior to the lateral tooth of tergum 10; extent of teeth along the lateral surface posterior to the laterobasal tooth on tergum 10; and size and outline of the pit on annulus 2 of the ovipositor.</p> <p>Description of female. COLOR. Fore wing darkly tinted with a purple hue (may be difficult to see) in the following cells (cells codes in Fig. M1): C, R. 1Cu, 1A (except for clear spot in apical 0.1), 1M (spot in basal 0.5), 2Cu (small spot in basal corner), 1R1, Rs+1Rs2 (spot narrow along 1R1, and in apical 025 along cell 3R1, or more widely in cell), 2R1, 3R1, and 3M (spot in apical 03); apical 0.2 of wing lightly but clearly tinted, the remaining cells clear (Fig. K51). Hind wing darkly tinted with a purple hue (may be difficult to see) in the following cells (cells codes in Fig. M1): C, R (spot in basal 0.3), 1Cu1 (spot in basal 0.25), posterobasal spot on 0.5 of anal lobe; the remaining cells clear (Fig. K51). Protrochanter and mesotrochanter ventrally in apical 0.3 black or somewhat paler.</p> <p>HEAD. Gena with large pits forming a curved row between lowest eye edge to occiput, the pits isolated and bottom of each pit shiny (as in Fig. T1.24); the remaining surface with pits more dense near mandible and scattered above, pits in ventral half 0.2–0.4 times and in dorsal half 0.1–0.2 times as large as lateral ocellus (as in Fig. T1.24). Setae on clypeus, frons and postocellar area truncate or very slightly enlarged apically (about 1.5 times as wide as setal shaft) and on frons 1.5–2.0 times as long as diameter of lateral ocellus (Fig. K14 and as in Fig. T1.24, insert). Pedicel about 0.9 times as long as wide (as in Fig. T1.4). Flagellomere 2 with sensory oval covering less than 0.2 of dorsal surface (as in Fig. T1.4).</p> <p>THORAX. Pronotum with vertical lateral surface very densely pitted on all or almost all of surface (Fig. T2.2); dorsal surface sculpture around large shiny teeth with very few short ridges and mainly with deep and dense pits, pits with irregularly defined edges (worm-like) of various heights and about 0.1 as large as diameter of lateral ocellus (Fig. T2.3, insert); in lateral view, dorsal surface with numerous long setae (Fig. K45). Mesoscutum with median band generally finely sculptured, widest anteriorly, at its narrowest the band about 0.2 times as wide as diameter of lateral ocellus; surface with pitted sculpticells in anterior 0.1, with pits posterior to microsculpture area, pits small (at most 0.15 times as large as diameter of lateral ocellus), with shiny bottom, and not extended laterally around posterior end of submedian band (Fig. T2.4). Submedian band in anterior 0.1–0.3 without pitted sculpticells within pits; not sharply outlined along lateral edge; lateral edge in anterior 0.5 convergent, and in posterior 0.5 convergent and straight. Lateral band shiny with few pits (&lt;10) usually isolated on anterolateral corner (Fig. K4b). Scutoscutellar furrow without sculpticells or with narrow band (0.2 of surface) of sculpticells on central surface (as in Fig. K3b). Axilla with large scallop-like pits similar to those on submedian band but somewhat smaller, not connected with submedian band along edge anteromedially (at most some wrinkles), and without small pits (similar to those of median band) along anterior margin (Fig. T2.4).</p> <p>ABDOMEN. Terga 1–3 or 1–4 with deeply pitted sculpticells (surface matt) except for very narrow shiny transverse band along anterior median margin of tergum 2 (maybe covered by tergum 1). Terga 5–7 with shiny (microsculpture meshes absent or very lightly impressed) areas. Tergum 5 shiny in central 0.15 submedially; tergum 6 shiny in central 0.2 submedially; tergum 7 shiny in posterior 0.5 submedially (shiny surface partly fused medially) (Fig. K47); and tergum 8 without shiny surface (Fig. K7). Tergum 9 with median basin bearing about 20 shiny teeth on each side on central portion; each tooth with or without a setae; seta when present posterior to tooth about as long as distance between shiny teeth; longitudinal median ridge outlined but not prominent, suggested posteriorly, or absent, and without a small shiny central spot; maximum length slightly longer than wide (maximum width/ maximum median length: 0.90) (Fig. K49). Tergum 9 in lateral view above longitudinal furrow (in section with setae) without pits instead with numerous crescent-like tubercles, each shiny tubercle anterior to a seta surrounded by pitted sculpticells (as in Fig. T2.5, insert). Tergum 10 in dorsal view widely pitted (Fig. K10); each pit with some pitted sculpticells (surface between pits with pitted sculpticells); pits extending widely to anterior edge (about 0.7–0.8 of median basin posterior edge) (Fig. T4.4); in lateral view surface anterior to lateral tooth with some microsculpture and with many large teeth (Fig. T2.6), and surface anterior to lateral tooth without distinct pits but with pitted sculpticells (Fig. T2.6). Ovipositor with annulus 2 very small (about 0.2 times as long as annulus 2), extended as a very narrow furrow to edge of annulus 1 (Fig. M5, base); annulus 10 with pit sharply outlined ventrally on about along 0.3–0.4 of annulus length; surface anterior to pit outlined by slightly convergent round folds forming a flat area not extended to anterior annulus; annulus without a long sharp ridge immediately ventral to pit (Fig. M5, middle).</p> <p>Taxonomic notes. Afrotremex comatus has been confused in collections with A. hyalinatus probably because of the wing color pattern.</p> <p>Origin of specific epithet. From Latin meaning “long hair”, referring to the many long setae on the median area of the pronotum.</p></div> 	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03FF545FFFE9FFEB4CA2FC69236FA9BD	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Goulet, Henri	Goulet, Henri (2014): Revision of the African horntail genus Afrotremex (Hymenoptera: Siricidae). Zootaxa 3795 (3): 201-254, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3795.3.1
03FF545FFFEDFFD74CA2FD4C216BA89A.text	03FF545FFFEDFFD74CA2FD4C216BA89A.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Afrotremex hyalinatus (Mocsary 1891)	<div><p>3. Afrotremex hyalinatus (Mocsáry, 1891)</p> <p>Fig T3.1, T1.27 (female habitus); M4, M4a, M6, (morphology); K3, K8, K11, K13, K15, K18, K21, K35, K37, K39, K39a, K40, K40a, K41, K43 (keys); T1.1, T1.3, T1.5–T1.7, T1.12, T1.13, T1.17, T3.1–T3.8 (description). Map (T1.26), red square</p> <p>Tremex hyalinatus Mocsáry, 1891: 158–159. Holotype female (HNHM), not examined but photographs of eight characters and their states compared with the type by Dr. F. Koch. Type locality: Gabon. Name accepted by Dalla Torre 1894: 382 (catalog), Konow 1898: 84, 86, 90, Konow 1905a: 8, Konow 1905b: 115–117, Guiglia 1937: 433–437, Hedicke 1938:29, Benson 1943: 35, Maa 1949: 163 (incertis sedis), Pasteels 1951: 196–197.</p> <p>Afrotremex hyalinatus; Pasteels 1951: 196 (change of rank), Name accepted by Smith 1978: 90 (catalog), Taeger et al., 2010: 106, Taeger and Blank 2011.</p> <p>Diagnosis. Among species with large and dense pits on gena (A. xylophagus), adults of A. hyalinatus are distinguished from those of A. xylophagus by a linear row of fused pits with striation at the bottom.</p> <p>Comparative diagnosis. Afrotremex hyalinatus is a rather distinct species. It is unique in having the following four features: size of sculpticells on the dorsal surface of the pronotum between large shiny teeth; presence of sculpticells on the anterior 0.3 of the median and submedian bands; reduction in pits size and shiny teeth on axilla and distribution of pits of similar size to those of median band along anterior margin of axilla; and extent and position of the shiny surface on terga 4–8.</p> <p>Afrotremex hyalinatus is distinguished from A. xylophagus by the unique characters mentioned above and the following eight features: density of pits with raised posterior edge in a row along a line between lower eye margin and occiput, and sculpture at the bottom of these pits; convergence of the lateral edge of the submedian band of mesoscutum; microsculpture distribution in anterior 0.3 of the median and submedian bands of mesoscutum; pit size on anterior 0.5 of the median band of mesoscutum; pit size along anterior margin of axilla; extent and position of shiny surface on terga 6–8; and absence of a sharp ridge immediately ventral pit of annulus 10.</p> <p>Afrotremex hyalinatus shares with A. xylophagus the following eleven features: size of the sensory oval surface on the dorsal surface of flagellomere 2; pit size and density on gena, vertex and postocellar area; level of expansion of the club at the apex of setae on clypeus, frons and postocellar area; degree of sharpness of the lateral edge of the submedian band of mesoscutum; curvature of the lateral edge in posterior 0.5 of the submedian band of mesoscutum; pits extension laterally around the posterior end of the submedian band and anteriorly along the lateral margin of submedian band in posterior 0.5; posterior extension of pitted sculpticells medially in posterior 0.5 of tergum 8; median carina prominence in the median basin of tergum 9; large teeth extension on dorsal and lateral surfaces of tergum 10; presence of teeth on surface posterior to lateral tooth of tergum 10; and shape of pit on annuli 2 and 10 of the ovipositor.</p> <p>Afrotremex hyalinatus is distinguished from A. pallipennis and A. violaceus, two similar species, by all unique features mentioned above and the following seven features: sharpness of the outline of the lateral edge of the submedian band of mesoscutum; lack of convergence of the lateral edge of the submedian band in anterior 0.5, and slight convergence of the lateral edge in posterior 0.5; width of median pits posterior to submedian band; size of teeth on axilla and the presence of pits of size similar to those of the median band of mesoscutum; fore wing color pattern; extent of the shiny surface on terga 5–8; and presence of large teeth on the lateral surface of tergum 10.</p> <p>Afrotremex hyalinatus shares with A. violaceus and A. pallipennis the following ten features: row of fused pits in ventral 0.5 of gena; size of the sensory oval surface on the dorsal surface of flagellomere 2; relative width of the mesoscutal median band at its narrowest; lateral extension of pits of median band around posterior end of the submedian band on mesoscutum; presence of many pits anterolaterally on the lateral band of mesoscutum; presence of widespread sculpticells in the scutoscutellar furrow; absence or near absence of microsculpture around pits just above the lateral longitudinal furrow on tergum 9; absence of pitted sculpticells (meshes very lightly impressed along anterior margin only) in and around pits on median dorsal surface of tergum 10; distribution of pits on tergum 10; and shape of pit on annulus 2.</p> <p>Afrotremex hyalinatus is distinguished from A. comatus and A. opacus, two similar species, by all unique features mentioned above and the following nine features: density of pits in a row along a line between lower eye margin and occiput, and the sculpture at the bottom of these pits; size of sensory oval on dorsal surface of flagellomere 2; the width of the mesoscutal median band at its narrowest; absence of the lateral extension of fine pits of the median band posterior to submedian band; number of pits on the anterolateral corner of the lateral band of mesoscutum; presence of microsculpture on the scutoscutellar furrow; extent of shiny surface on tergum 8; pitted sculpticells in and around pits on surface just above lateral longitudinal furrow of tergum 9; distribution of pits and pitted sculpticells along anterior surface of tergum 10, laterally on surface anterior lateral tooth; and the size and outline of pit on annulus 2 of the ovipositor.</p> <p>Afrotremex hyalinatus shares with A. comatus and A. opacus the following feature: most of the fore wing color pattern (except the apex of 1Cu and 1A).</p> <p>Description of female. COLOR. Fore wing darkly tinted with a purple hue (may be difficult to see) in following cells (cells codes as in Fig. M1): C, R, 1Cu (except for small apical clear spot posteroapically), 1A (except for clear spot in apical 0.5), 1M (spot in basal 0.3), 2Cu (small anterobasal spot), 1R1, Rs+1Rs2 (spot narrow along cell 1R1 and 3R1), 2R1, 3R1; remaining apical 0.2 of wing lightly but clearly tinted, the remaining cells clear (Fig. K43). Hind wing darkly tinted with a purple hue (may be difficult to see) in following cells (cells codes as in Fig. M1): C, R (spot in basal 0.4), 1Cu1 (spot in basal 0.4), C, and most of anal lobe (except for small clear spot anteriorly), the remaining cells clear (Fig. K43). Protrochanter and mesotrochanter ventrally in apical 0.3 black or somewhat paler.</p> <p>HEAD. Gena with large pits forming a curved row between lowest eye edge to occiput, the pits fused completely and bottom of each pit consisting of irregular fine ridges (Fig. K35, insert); remaining surface with pits dense (usually polygonal in outline) in ventral 0.7 and scattered above, and in ventral two thirds 0.2–0.4 times and in dorsal third 0.2–0.3 times as large as diameter of lateral ocellus (Fig. K11). Setae on clypeus, frons and postocellar area clearly clubbed at apex (about 2 times as wide as setal shaft), and on frons 0.5–0.7 as long as diameter of lateral ocellus (Fig K13 and T1.3, insert). Pedicel about 0.9 times as long as wide (as in Fig. T1.4). Flagellomere 2 with sensory oval covering about 0.5 of dorsal surface (as in Fig. K1).</p> <p>THORAX. Pronotum with vertical lateral surface very densely pitted in posterior 0.8 (Fig. T3.2); dorsal surface around large shiny teeth with few short ridges and mainly pits, the pits with irregularly defined edges (worm-like) and about 0.2 times as large as diameter of lateral ocellus (Fig. T3.3, insert); in lateral view, dorsal surface without long setae or with some very short setae (as in Fig. K46). Mesoscutum with median band generally finely sculptured, widest anteriorly, at its narrowest the band about 0.7 times as wide as diameter of lateral ocellus (Fig. K39); with pitted sculpticells in anterior 0.3, with pits gradually forming within microsculptured area, at first with pitted sculpticells at bottom of each pit then pit bottom becoming shiny in posterior 0.5 of band, and pits small (0.1–0.15 times as large as diameter of lateral ocellus) (Fig. T3.4, insert), pits extending laterally around posterior end of submedian band (as in Fig. K3a) and forward along lateral margin of submedian band in posterior 0.5 (Fig. K39a). Submedian band in anterior 0.1–0.3 with pitted sculpticells within pits (Fig. T3.4, insert); lateral edge not sharply outlined, in anterior 0.5 parallel (Fig. K37), and in posterior 0.5 slightly convergent and straight (Fig. K15). Lateral band shiny with many pits (&gt;10) often fused on anterolateral corner (Fig. T3.4 and as in Fig. K4a). Scutoscutellar furrow with convex sculpticells (sculpticells area with metallic hue) over 0.7 central surface (Fig. T3.4 and as in Fig. 17a). Axilla with medium size pits without scallop-like pits as on submedian band, not connected along with small pits from submedian band along edge anteromedially, and with small pits (similar to those of median band) along anterior margin (Fig. K40a).</p> <p>ABDOMEN. Terga 1–5 with deeply pitted sculpticells (surface matt). Terga 6–8 with shiny areas (microsculpture meshes absent or very lightly impressed). Tergum 6 shiny in posterior 0.2 medially; tergum 7 shiny in posterior 0.3 medially with a short anterior extension medially (Fig. T3.5); and tergum 8 matt in anterior 0.3 and medially in 0.7 otherwise shiny (Fig K5 and K21). Tergum 9 with median basin bearing about 20 tubercle (not shiny apically) on each side; each tubercle without a setae; longitudinal median ridge prominent, and without a small shiny central spot; maximum length slightly longer than wide (maximum width/ maximum median length: 0.79–0.84) (Fig M6 and T3.7). Tergum 9 in lateral view above longitudinal furrow in area with setae with pits in lower 0.75, pits deep clearly outlined by pitted sculpticells, and above this zone pits indistinctly outlined by pitted sculpticells (Fig. M4a). Tergum 10 in dorsal view widely pitted; each pit shiny at bottom (surface between pits shiny except along anterior margin); pits extending medially to but not reaching anterior edge (Fig M6 and K8); in lateral view surface posterior to lateral tooth shiny and with many large teeth (Fig. T3.6), and surface anterior to lateral tooth with distinctly outlined pits of moderate size and each pit with pitted sculpticells at bottom (Fig. T3.6). Ovipositor with annulus 2 wide, about 0.3 as long as annulus, and regularly tapered to edge of annulus 1 (Fig. T3.8, base); annulus 10 with large pit 0.3–0.4 as long as annulus; surface anterior to pit outlined by slightly convergent round fold forming a trough with shallow surface extending almost to anterior annulus; annulus without a long sharp ridge immediately ventral to pit (Fig. T3.8, middle).</p> <p>Taxonomic notes. Afrotremex hyalinatus was the first species of Afrotremex to be discovered (originally described under Tremex). I did not see the holotype specimen that was with F. Koch (Berlin). He kindly compared the type with color photographs showing eight significant characters and their states based on specimens of five species at hand (flagellomere 2 sensory oval; row of pits on gena; size and density of pits on gena; setae shape and size on clypeus, frons and postocellar area; number of pits on lateral band of mesoscutum; fore and hind wing color pattern; sculpture on tergum 8; pit and sculpture above lateral longitudinal furrow of tergum 9). He matched perfectly the holotype from Gabon with the specimen from the Republic of the Congo. A study of the excellent habitus illustration of the A. hyalinatus holotype by A. Baliani (Guiglia 1937) (Fig. T1.26) shows six characters matching states of the specimen from the Republic of the Congo. Three of these characters were not compared with the type by F. Koch (parallel lateral edge of the mesoscutal submedian band in anterior 05; prominence of the median ridge in the median basin; and proportion of the length relative to the width of the median basin). All eleven characters match the specimen from the Republic of the Congo. Therefore, we consider the specimen from the Republic of Congo as A. hyalinatus.</p> <p>Material examined. Republic of the Congo. Dept. Pool Iboubikro, Lesio-Louna Park 330 m 03̊16.196'S 015̊28.167'E, vii–ix 2008 Breat &amp; Sharkey (1 female, USNM).</p> </div>	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03FF545FFFEDFFD74CA2FD4C216BA89A	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Goulet, Henri	Goulet, Henri (2014): Revision of the African horntail genus Afrotremex (Hymenoptera: Siricidae). Zootaxa 3795 (3): 201-254, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3795.3.1
03FF545FFFD1FFD34CA2FC6927B9AF67.text	03FF545FFFD1FFD34CA2FC6927B9AF67.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Afrotremex opacus Goulet 2014	<div><p>4. Afrotremex opacus n. sp.</p> <p>Fig. T4.1 (female habitus); K2, K46, K48, K50, K52 (keys); T1.4, T1.24, T4.2–T4.8 (description).</p> <p>Map (T1.26), blue circle</p> <p>Type material. Holotype female (MRAC) ovipositor above annulus 11 missing, labeled [White] “Musée du Congo, [Democratic Republic of the Congo] Haut Uelé: Moto 1920 L. Burgeon "; [White] " R. Det., DD 3284" [White] “ Afrotremex ♀ hyalinatus Mocs. J. Pasteels det., 19 50 ”; [Red] “ HOLOTYPE Afrotremex opacus ♀ H. Goulet, 2013 ”.</p> <p>Paratype. 1 female. Democratic Republic of the Congo: Haut Uelé: Moto (1 F, MRAC).</p> <p>Diagnosis. Among species with few pits (&lt;10) usually isolated on anterolateral corner of lateral band (A. comatus), adults of A. opacus are distinguished from those of A. comatus by the absence or the presence of few very small setae on medial surface of the pronotum (best seen in lateral view).</p> <p>Comparative diagnosis. Afrotremex opacus is most similar to A. comatus. It is unique in following two features: absence of long and numerous setae on pronotum; and tinted color pattern on the basal lobe and tip of the hind wing.</p> <p>Afrotremex opacus shares with A. comatus the following nine features: row of isolated and shiny pits in lower 0.5 of gena; size of the sensory ventral surface on flagellomere 2; relative width of the median band of mesoscutum at its narrowest; number of pits on the anterolateral corner of the lateral band of mesoscutum; lack of or very restricted presence of sculpticells in the scutoscutellar furrow; extent of pitted sculpticells on tergum 8; extent of pitted sculpticells in and around pits above the lateral longitudinal furrow on tergum 9; extent of pitted sculpticells around and in pits on anterior 0.25 of dorsal surface of tergum 10 (including surface anterior to the lateral tooth); size and shape of the pit on annulus 2 of the ovipositor.</p> <p>Afrotremex opacus is distinguished from A. comatus by all the unique attributes mentioned above and the following two features: extent of the tinted surface on anal lobe of hind wing; proportion of the median basin of tergum 9; and size of pit and its ventral fold on annulus 10 of the ovipositor.</p> <p>Afrotremex opacus is distinguished from A. hyalinatus by all the unique attributes mentioned above and the following nine features: density and size of pits on gena; shape of the setae at their apex and their relative length on clypeus, frons and postocellar area; size of the microsculpture on the dorsal surface of pronotum between shiny teeth; distribution of sculpticells on anterior 0.3 of median and submedian bands; the number of shiny teeth centrally and pit size along the anterior margin of axilla; extent of the shiny surface on terga 6–8; prominence of the median ridge in the median basin of tergum 9; density and size of pits on sterna 2–6; and length and width of the pit on annulus 2 of the ovipositor.</p> <p>Afrotremex opacus is distinguished from A. xylophagus by all the unique attributes mentioned above and the following eleven features: proportion of the pedicel; size of sensory oval on dorsal side of flagellomere 2; density and size of pits on gena; shape of the setae at their apex and their relative length on clypeus, frons and postocellar area; width of the median band of the mesoscutum at its narrowest; absence of the lateral extension of fine pits of the median band at posterior end of submedian band; number of pits on the anterolateral corner of the lateral band of mesoscutum; distribution of microsculpture on the scutoscutellar furrow; color of the fore and hind wings; extent of pitted sculpticells on terga 6–8; distribution of pitted sculpticells in and around pits on the surface just above the lateral longitudinal furrow of tergum 9; distribution of pits and pitted sculpticells along the anterior surface of tergum 10 (including surface anterior to the lateral tooth); and size and outline of the pit on annulus 2.</p> <p>Afrotremex opacus shares with A. xylophagus the following feature: density of pits with raised posterior edge in a row between lower eye margin and occiput and the sculpture at the bottom of these pits.</p> <p>Afrotremex opacus distinguished from A. violaceus and A. pallipennis by all the unique attributes mentioned above and the eleven following features: distribution and organization of pits in a row along a line between lower eye margin and occiput, and microsculpture at the bottom of these pits; size of sensory oval on the dorsal side of flagellomere 2; width of the median band of mesoscutum at its narrowest; sharpness and lack of curvature of the lateral edge of the submedian band of mesoscutum in basal 0.5; lack of lateral extension of fine pits of the median band of the mesoscutum posterior the submedian band; number of pits on the anterolateral corner of the lateral band of mesoscutum; distribution of microsculpture on the scutoscutellar furrow; color pattern of the fore and hind wings; extent of the shiny surface on terga 5–8; distribution of pitted sculpticells in and around pits above the lateral longitudinal furrow on tergum 9; distribution of pits and pitted sculpticells along the anterior 0.25 of tergum 10 (including the surface anterior lateral tooth); extent of teeth along lateral margin of tergum 10 posterior laterobasal tooth; and the size and outline of pit on annulus 2 of the ovipositor.</p> <p>Description of female. COLOR. Fore wing darkly tinted with a dark purple hue (may be difficult to see) in the following cells (cells codes as in Fig. M1): C, R. 1Cu, 1A (except for clear spot in apical 0.1), 1M (spot in basal 0.5), 2Cu (small spot in basal corner), 1R1, Rs+1Rs2 (spot narrow along 1R1, and in apical 025 along cell 3R1, or more widely in cell), 2R1, 3R1, 3M (spot in apical 0.7), and 3Cu (along margin); apical 0.2 of wing lightly but clearly tinted, the remaining cells clear (Fig. K52). Hind wing darkly tinted with a dark purple hue (may be difficult to see) in the following cells (cells codes as in Fig. M1): C, R (spot in basal 0.3), 1Cu1 (spot in basal 0.25), most of anal lobe (except for small clear spot anteriorly), R1 (apical 0.3 along margin), 2Rs (apical 0.3 along margin), and margin at apex of 2M; the remaining cells clear (Fig. K52). Protrochanter and mesotrochanter ventrally in apical 0.3 black or somewhat paler.</p> <p>HEAD. Gena with large pits forming a curved broad furrow between lowest eye edge to occiput, the pits isolated and bottom of each pit shiny (Fig. T1.24); the remaining surface with pits more dense near mandible and scattered above, pits in ventral half 0.2–0.4 times and in dorsal half 0.1–0.2 times as large as lateral ocellus (Fig. T1.24). Setae on clypeus, frons and postocellar area truncate or very slightly enlarged apically (about 1.5 times as wide as setal shaft or truncate), and on frons 1.5–2.0 times as long as diameter of lateral ocellus (Fig. T1.24, insert and as in Fig. K14). Pedicel about 0.9 times as long as wide (Fig. T1.4). Flagellomere 2 with sensory oval covering less than 0.2 of dorsal surface (Fig. K2).</p> <p>THORAX. Pronotum with most of vertical surface very densely pitted (Fig. T4.3); dorsal surface around major shiny teeth with some radiating small ridges with some coarse pits or with large ridges and no pits (Fig. T4.2); in lateral view, dorsal surface without long setae or with some very short setae (as in Fig. K46). Mesoscutum with median band generally finely sculptured, widest anteriorly, at its narrowest the band about 0.2 times as wide as diameter of lateral ocellus (Fig. T4.7); with pitted sculpticells in anterior 0.1 (as in Fig. T2.3), with pits present posterior to microsculptured area, pits small (at most 0.15 times as large as diameter of lateral ocellus), with shiny bottom, and not extending laterally posterior to submedian band (Fig. T4.7 and as in Fig. K3b). Submedian band in anterior 0.1–0.3 without pitted sculpticells within pits; band not sharply outlined along lateral edge (Fig. T4.7); lateral edge in anterior 0.5 convergent, and in posterior 0.5 convergent (Fig. T4.7). Lateral band shiny with few pits (&lt;10) usually isolated on anterolateral corner (Fig. T4.7 and as Fig. K4b). Scutoscutellar furrow without sculpticells (Fig. K3b and T4.7). Axilla with large, scallop-like pits similar to those on submedian band but somewhat smaller (Fig. T4.7), not connected with small pits from submedian band along edge anteromedially (Fig. K3b), and without small pits (similar to those of median band) along anterior margin (Fig. K3b, only small portion visible).</p> <p>ABDOMEN. Terga 1–5 with deeply pitted sculpticells (surface matt) except for very narrow shiny transverse band along anterior median margin of tergum 2 (maybe covered by tergum 1). Terga 6–7 without or with shiny areas present than on less than 0.15 of submedian area along posterior margin (Fig. K48); and tergum 8 without shiny surface (Fig. T4.6). Median basin of tergum 9 with about 20 shiny tubercles on each side on central portion; each tooth with or without a setae; setae when present posterior to tooth about as long as size of tubercle; longitudinal median ridge outlined but not prominent, suggested posteriorly, or absent; without a small shiny central spot; maximum length slightly wider than long (maximum width/ maximum median length: 1.05–1.08) (Fig. K50). Tergum 9 in lateral view above longitudinal furrow (in section with setae) without pits instead with numerous crescent-like tubercles, each shiny tubercle anterior to a seta surrounded by pitted sculpticells (as in Fig. T4.8, insert). Tergum 10 in dorsal view widely pitted (Fig. T4.4); each pit with some pitted sculpticells (surface between pits with pitted sculpticells except for prominent teeth); pits extending widely to anterior edge (about 0.7–0.8 of median basin posterior edge) (as in Fig. K10); tergum in lateral view with some microsculpture and shallow pits, and with many large teeth (Fig. T4.5); surface anterior to lateral tooth without distinct pits but with pitted sculpticells (Fig. T4.5). Ovipositor with annulus 2 very small (about 0.2 times as long as annulus 2), extending as a very narrow furrow to edge of annulus 1 (as in Fig M5, base and T2.7, base); annulus 10 with pit sharply outlined ventrally on about along 0.4–0.5 of annulus length; surface anterior to pit outlined by convergent round folds forming a flat surface or very shallow trough extended to anterior annulus; annulus without a long sharp ridge immediately ventral to pit (as in Fig M5, middle and T2.7, middle).</p> <p>Taxonomic notes. Afrotremex opacus has been confused with A. hyalinatus probably because of the wing color pattern. Guiglia (1937) noticed marked difference in sculpture on the head and the abdominal terga between the holotype of A. hyalinatus and the two specimens from Moto. She chose to retain these specimens under the name A. hyalinatus. Pasteels (1951) saw these two specimens and accepted Guiglia’s conclusion without additional comments.</p> <p>Origin of specific epithet. From Latin meaning “dark” referring to the matt surface of abdominal terga 1–9.</p></div> 	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03FF545FFFD1FFD34CA2FC6927B9AF67	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Goulet, Henri	Goulet, Henri (2014): Revision of the African horntail genus Afrotremex (Hymenoptera: Siricidae). Zootaxa 3795 (3): 201-254, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3795.3.1
03FF545FFFD5FFD14CA2FB6D22EAACFF.text	03FF545FFFD5FFD14CA2FB6D22EAACFF.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Afrotremex pallipennis Goulet 2014	<div><p>5. Afrotremex pallipennis n. sp.</p> <p>Fig. T5.1 (female habitus); M3a–M3e (morphology); K1, K3a, K4a, K5, K16, K17b, K24, K24b, K26, K28, K30, K32, K34 (keys); T1.2, T5.2–T5.7, T5.9 (description).</p> <p>Map (T1.26), red triangle</p> <p>Type material. Holotype female (MRAC) in good condition but antennomeres missing beyond 4 on the left and 7 on the right, labeled [White] “Musée du Congo, [Democratic Republic of the Congo] Bambesa 1-iv-1937 J. Vrydagh ”; [White] “ Afrotremex ♀ hyalinatus Mocs. J. Pasteels det., 1950; [Red] “ HOLOTYPE Afrotremex pallipennis ♀ H. Goulet, 2013 ”.</p> <p>Paratype. 1 female. Democratic Republic of the Congo: Lulua: Kapanga ix-1932 F. G. Overlaet (1 F, MRAC).</p> <p>Diagnosis. Among species with concave outlined lateral edge of submedian band in posterior 0.5 (A. violaceus), adults of A. pallipennis are distinguished from those of A. violaceus by a longitudinal row of large pits (about 0.25 times as large as diameter of lateral ocellus) along the middle line in anterior 0.3 of median band, and in female, by a large and clear area at the centre of the fore and hind wings.</p> <p>Comparative diagnosis. Afrotremex pallipennis is most similar A. violaceus. It is unique in the following 2 features: extent of the clear pattern of the fore and hind wings; and position and wide extent of the shiny surfaces on terga 4–8.</p> <p>Afrotremex pallipennis shares with A. violaceus the following ten features: a row of fused pits in lower 0.5 of gena; size of the sensory oval on the dorsal surface of flagellomere 11; relative size of the median band at its narrowest; presence of many pits anterolaterally on the lateral band of mesoscutum; width of the lateral extension of small pits of the median band of the mesoscutum posterior to submedian band; presence of widespread sculpticells in the scutoscutellar furrow; size of the shiny surface on tergum 8; absence of microsculpture around most pits on most of surface above the lateral longitudinal furrow of tergum 9; absence of pitted sculpticells between pits on the dorsal surface of tergum 10; distribution of teeth posterior to lateral tooth on lateral surface of tergum 10; and width and length of the pit on annulus 2.</p> <p>Afrotremex pallipennis is distinguished from A. violaceus by all the unique attributes mentioned above and the four following features: extent of dense pits on the vertical lateral surface of pronotum; presence of large median row of large pits in the anterior 0.5 of the median band of mesoscutum; color pattern of the pro- and mesotrochanters in apical 0.3; extent of the clear pattern on the fore and hind wings; and position and extent of shiny surfaces on terga 4–8.</p> <p>Afrotremex pallipennis is distinguished from A. hyalinatus by all the unique attributes mentioned above and the eleven following features: density and size of pits on gena; shape of setae at their apex and their relative length on clypeus, frons and postocellar area; size of sculpticells on the dorsal surface of pronotum between shiny teeth; sculpticells distribution on the anterior 0.3 of the median and submedian bands of mesoscutum; sharpness of the lateral edge of the submedian band, convergence of its edge in anterior and posterior 0.5, the curvature of its edge in posterior 0.5; size and number of shiny teeth centrally and size of pits along the anterior margin of axilla; position and extent of shiny surfaces on terga 5–8; extent of the shiny surface along the median area anteriorly on tergum 8; median ridge prominence in the median basin of tergum 9; density and size of pits on sterna 2–6; and length and width of pits on at least annulus 2 and 10 of the ovipositor.</p> <p>Afrotremex pallipennis shares with A. hyalinatus the following nine features: size of the sensory oval surface on the dorsal surface of flagellomere 2; a row of fused pits in lower 0.5 of gena; size of the sensory oval on the dorsal surface of flagellomere 2; relative width of the median band at its narrowest; width and extent of the pitted surface of the median band of the mesoscutum posterior to submedian band; abundance of pits on anterolateral corner of the lateral band of mesoscutum; extent of sculpticells in the scutoscutellar furrow; absence of pitted sculpticells in pits on the median dorsal surface of tergum 10; distribution of pits on dorsal surface of tergum 10; and shape of the pit on annulus 2.</p> <p>Afrotremex pallipennis is distinguished from A. xylophagus by all the unique attributes mentioned above and the six following features: organization of pits in a row along a line between the lower eye margin and the occiput, and of sculpture at the bottom of these pits; sharpness of the outline of the lateral edge of the submedian band of mesoscutum; curvature of the lateral edge of submedian band of mesoscutum in ventral 0.5; lateral extent of pitted surface of the median band of the mesoscutum posterior submedian band; extent and position of the shiny surface on terga 4–8; extent of shiny surface along the median area anteriorly on tergum 8; and median ridge prominence in the median basin of tergum 9.</p> <p>Afrotremex pallipennis shares with A. xylophagus the following nine features: size of the sensory oval surface on the dorsal surface of flagellomere 2; relative width of the median band at its narrowest; lateral extension of the median band pits posterior to submedian band; presence of many pits on anterolateral corner of the lateral band of mesoscutum; presence of widespread sculpticells in the scutoscutellar furrow; absence of microsculpture laterally on tergum 8; absence of pitted sculpticells in and around pits on the median dorsal surface of tergum 10; distribution of pits anteriorly on tergum 10; and size of the pit on annulus 2 of the ovipositor.</p> <p>Afrotremex pallipennis is distinguished from A. comatus and A. opacus by all the unique attributes mentioned above and the twelve following features: organization of pits in a row along a line between lower eye margin and occiput, and presence of sculpture at the bottom of these pits; size of sensory oval on the dorsal side of flagellomere 2; sharpness of the outline of the lateral edge of the submedian band of mesoscutum; curvature of the lateral edge of submedian band of mesoscutum in ventral 0.5; width of the median band of the mesoscutum at its narrowest; lateral extension of fine pits of the median band posterior to the submedian band of mesoscutum; number of pits on the anterolateral corner of the lateral band of the mesoscutum; extent of microsculpture on the scutoscutellar furrow; extent and position of the shiny surface on terga 5–8; pitted sculpticells in and around pits on most of surface of tergum 9 above the lateral longitudinal furrow; distribution of pits along the anterior surface of tergum 10; extent of pitted sculpticells on the dorsal surface of tergum 10; and length and width of the pit on annulus 2 of the ovipositor.</p> <p>Description of female. COLOR. Fore wing darkly tinted with a dark purple hue (may be difficult to see) in the following cells (cells codes as in Fig. M1): C, R, 1Cu (except for a small clear spot posteroapically), 1A (except for clear spot in apical 0.5), 1M (small spot anterobasally), 2Cu (small spot anterobasally), 1R1, 2R1 (small basal spot), 3R1 (anterior 0.5 lightly tinted); apical 0.2 of wing lightly tinted, the remaining cells clear (Fig. K34). Hind wing darkly tinted with a dark purple hue (may be difficult to see) in the following cells (cells codes as in Fig. M1): C, R (spot in basal 0.4), 1Cu (spot in basal 0.4), most of anal lobe (except for clear central spot); the remaining cells clear (Fig. K34). Protrochanter and mesotrochanter ventrally in apical 0.3 light reddish brown (Fig. T5.6).</p> <p>HEAD. Gena with large pits forming a curved broad furrow between lowest eye edge to occiput, the pits fused completely and bottom of each pit consisting of irregular fine ridges (Fig. T5.4); the remaining surface with pits less dense near mandible and scattered in dorsal 0.5, pits in ventral half 0.2–0.3 times and in dorsal half at most 0.2 times as large as lateral ocellus (Fig. T5.4). Setae on clypeus, frons and postocellar area truncate or very slightly enlarged apically (about 1.5 times as wide as setal shaft or truncate), and on frons 1.5–2.0 times as long as diameter of lateral ocellus (as in Fig K14, insert). Pedicel about 0.9 times as long as wide (as in Fig. T1.4). Flagellomere 2 with sensory oval covering about 0.5 of dorsal surface (Fig. K1).</p> <p>THORAX. Pronotum with vertical lateral surface very densely pitted in posterior 0.3 (Fig. T5.3); dorsal surface around major shiny teeth with short ridges followed by deep and dense pits, the pits with irregularly defined edges (worm-like) of various heights and about 0.1 as large as diameter of lateral ocellus (Fig. T5.2); in lateral view, dorsal surface without long setae or with some very short setae (as in Fig. K46). Mesoscutum with median band generally with fine microsculpture, widest anteriorly, and at its narrowest the band about 0.7 times as wide as diameter of lateral ocellus (Fig. K16); pits without microsculpture at bottom, very deep, their edges irregularly defined (worm-like), and 0.1–0.15 times as large as diameter of lateral ocellus; with large pits (about 0.25 times as large as diameter of lateral ocellus) on anterior margin and extending along middle line in anterior 0.3 (Fig. K24b), and with pits becoming slightly smaller (at most 0.1 times as large as diameter of lateral ocellus) in posterior 0.5 and extending laterally posterior to submedian band (Fig. K3a). Submedian band in anterior 0.1–0.3 without pitted sculpticells inside pits; band sharply outlined along lateral edge, edge convergent in anterior and posterior halves and clearly concave in posterior 0.5 (Fig. K16). Lateral band shiny with many pits (&gt;10) fused on anterolateral corner (Fig. K4a). Scutoscutellar furrow with convex sculpticells (sculpticells clearly with metallic hue) over all of surface (Fig. K17b). Axilla with large scallop-like pits similar to those on submedian band but somewhat smaller, not connected with small pits from submedian band along edge anteromedially (at most with some wrinkles) (Fig. K3a), and without small pits (similar to those of median band) along anterior margin (Fig. K17b).</p> <p>ABDOMEN. Terga 1–3 with deeply pitted sculpticells (surface matt). Terga 4–8 with shiny areas (microsculpture meshes absent or very lightly impressed). Tergum 5 shiny in anterior 0.25 medially; tergum 5 shiny in anterior 0.5 medially; tergum 6 shiny in anterior 0.8 medially; tergum 7 shiny in anterior 0.9 medially (Fig. K26); and tergum 8 shiny in posterior 0.85 with a short anterior extension medially(Fig K5 and K28). Tergum 9 with median basin of bearing about 20 crescent-shape teeth on each side on central portion, each tubercle with or without seta posteriorly; seta when present as small as size of shiny tubercle; longitudinal median ridge of median outlined but not prominent, suggested posteriorly, or absent; median basin with a small shiny central spot; median basin slightly longer than wide (maximum width/ maximum median length: 0.90–1.00) (Fig. T5.5). Tergum 9 in lateral view above longitudinal furrow (only surface with setae centrally) with clearly outlined pits smooth at bottom in ventral 0.3 and with some pitted sculpticells at bottom in dorsal 0.7 (Fig. T5.9). Tergum 10 in dorsal view widely pitted (about 0.75 times as wide as posterior width of median basin of tergum 9); each pit shiny at bottom (surface between pits with microsculpture except centrally); pitted surface extended medially to but reaching anterior edge (Fig. K30); lateral surface posterior to lateral tooth shiny and without large teeth (Fig. K32); surface anterior to lateral tooth with distinctly outlined pits bordered by shiny ridges, each pit small and with pitted sculpticells except at center of pit (Fig. K32). Ovipositor annulus 2 (Fig. T5.7, base) and probably annulus 10 [ovipositor missing after annulus 7, probably as in Fig. T6.8] each with one wide pit as long as annulus; each pit clearly folded dorsally and sharply ventrally, and hardly tapering anteriorly.</p> <p>Taxonomic notes. Despite being very similar females of A. violaceus and of A. pallipennis show marked differences in wing color pattern. The wings of A. pallipennis have the largest extent of clear areas in the species studied whereas those of A. violaceus are darkly tinted throughout. Guiglia (1937) studied the specimen from Kapanga and noticed marked differences in the sculpture on the head and the abdominal terga between it and the holotype of A. hyalinatus. She chose to retain this specimen under the name A. hyalinatus. Pasteels (1951) saw this specimen and one more from Bambesa and accepted Guiglia’s conclusion, without additional comments.</p> <p>Origin of specific epithet. From Latin meaning “pale wing” referring to the large clear portion of the fore wing.</p></div> 	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03FF545FFFD5FFD14CA2FB6D22EAACFF	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Goulet, Henri	Goulet, Henri (2014): Revision of the African horntail genus Afrotremex (Hymenoptera: Siricidae). Zootaxa 3795 (3): 201-254, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3795.3.1
03FF545FFFD8FFDA4CA2FF252125AA92.text	03FF545FFFD8FFDA4CA2FF252125AA92.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Afrotremex violaceus (Pasteels 1951)	<div><p>6. Afrotremex violaceus (Pasteels, 1951)</p> <p>Fig. T6.1 (female habitus); K12, K17, K20, K23, K24a, K25, K27, K29, K31, K33 (keys); T1.9, T1.10, T1.11, T1.23, T5.8, T6.2–T6.8 (description).</p> <p>Map (T1.26), blue triangle</p> <p>Afrotremex violaceus Pasteels, 1951: 196–197. Holotype female (MRAC) examined, right middle leg above coxa, left hind leg above coxa, and ovipositor missing, and labelled: [Red] " HOLOTYPUS violaceus Past."; [White] "Coll. Mus. Congo Mayidi 194 5 Rév. P. Van Eyen"; [White] "R. DET. X. 5515"; [White] " Type "; [White] " Afrotremex ♀ violaceus n. sp. J. Pasteels det., 1950". Name accepted by Smith 1978: 90 (catalog), Taeger et al., 2010: 106; and Taeger, and Blank 2011.</p> <p>I studied two female paratypes from Mayidi and Bas Congo (Lemfu). Pasteels reported six females altogether from Mayidi (one holotype and three paratypes captured in 1942 and 1945) and Bas Congo (Lemfu) (two paratypes captured in xii. 1945).</p> <p>Diagnosis. Among species with concave outlined lateral edge of submedian band in posterior 0.5 (A. pallipennis), adults of A. violaceus are distinguished from those of A. pallipennis by the absence of a longitudinal row of large pits (about 0.25 times as large as diameter of lateral ocellus) along the middle line in anterior 0.3 of median band, and in female, by the completely darkly tinted fore and hind wings.</p> <p>Comparative diagnosis. Afrotremex violaceus is most similar to A. pallipennis. It is unique in the following three features: absence of a median row of pits on the anterior 0.3 of the median band of mesoscutum; darkly tinted fore and hind wings; and extent and position of the shiny surface on terga 4–8.</p> <p>Afrotremex violaceus shares with A. pallipennis the following twelve features: a row of fused pits in lower 0.5 of gena; size of the sensory oval on the inner surface of flagellomere 2; relative size of the median band at its narrowest; number of pits on the anterolateral corner of the lateral band of mesoscutum; width of the lateral extension of small pits of the mesoscutal median band posterior to submedian band; presence of widespread sculpticells in the scutoscutellar furrow; size of the shiny surface on tergum 8; absence of microsculpture around pits on most of the surface above the lateral longitudinal furrow of tergum 9; absence of pitted sculpticells between pits on the dorsal surface of tergum 10; distribution of pits on tergum 10; distribution of teeth along lateral surface posterior to the lateral tooth of tergum 10; and width an length of the pit on annulus 2 of the ovipositor.</p> <p>Afrotremex violaceus is distinguished from A. pallipennis by all the unique attributes mentioned above and the following five features: extent of the pit density on the vertical lateral surface of pronotum; absence of a median row of large pits in the anterior 0.3 of the median band of mesoscutum; color pattern of the pro- and mesotrochanters in apical 0.3; extent of the clear pattern of the fore and hind wings; and position and extent of shiny surfaces on terga 4–8.</p> <p>Afrotremex violaceus is distinguished from A. hyalinatus by all the unique attributes mentioned above and the following twelve features: density and size of pits on gena; shape of the apex of setae and their relative length on clypeus, frons and postocellar area; size of sculpticells on the dorsal surface of the pronotum between shiny teeth; sculpticell distribution on the anterior 0.3 of the median and submedian bands of mesoscutum; sharpness of the lateral edge of the submedian band of mesoscutum, convergence of its edge in anterior and posterior 0.5, and curvature of its edge in posterior 0.5; width of the pitted surface of the median band of mesoscutum extended laterally posterior to submedian band; size and number of shiny teeth on axilla; absence of pits similar in size to those of the median band of mesoscutum on anterior edge of axilla; position and extent of shiny surfaces on terga 5–8; extent of shiny surface along the median area anteriorly on tergum 8; median ridge prominence in the median basin of tergum 9; density and size of pits on sterna 2–6; and length and width of pits on annuli 2 and 10 of the ovipositor.</p> <p>Afrotremex violaceus shares with A. hyalinatus the following nine features: a row of fused pits in lower 0.5 of gena; size of the sensory oval on the dorsal surface of flagellomere 2; relative width of the median band at its narrowest; number of pits anterolaterally on the lateral band of mesoscutum; extent of sculpticells in the scutoscutellar furrow; lateral extension of pits of the median band of mesoscutum posterior to submedian band; absence of microsculpture around most pits above the lateral longitudinal furrow on tergum 9; absence of pitted sculpticells in pits on the median dorsal surface of tergum 10; distribution of pits on dorsal surface of tergum 10; and length of pit on annulus 2 of the ovipositor.</p> <p>Afrotremex violaceus is distinguished from A. xylophagus by all the unique attributes mentioned above and the seven following features: organization of pits in a row along a line between the lower eye margin and the occiput, and sculpture at the bottom of these pits; sharpness of the outline of the lateral edge of the submedian band of mesoscutum, and curvature of its edge in posterior 0.5; width of the pitted surface of the median band of the mesoscutum extended laterally posterior to submedian band; extent and position of the shiny surface on terga 4–8; extent of shiny surface along the median area anteriorly on tergum 8; median ridge prominence in the median basin of tergum 9; and distribution of pits anteriorly on tergum 10.</p> <p>Afrotremex violaceus shares with A. xylophagus the following eight features: size of the sensory oval surface on the dorsal surface of flagellomere 2; relative width of the median band at its narrowest; lateral extension of the median band pits posterior to submedian band; number of pits anterolaterally on the lateral band of mesoscutum; presence of widespread sculpticells in the scutoscutellar furrow; absence of microsculpture laterally on tergum 8; absence of pitted sculpticells in and around pits on median dorsal surface of tergum 10; and size of the pit on annulus 2 of the ovipositor.</p> <p>Afrotremex violaceus is distinguished from A. comatus and A. opacus by all the unique attributes mentioned above and the following eleven features: organization of pits in a row along a line between the lower eye margin and the occiput and presence of microsculpture at the bottom of these pits; size of sensory oval on the dorsal side of flagellomere 2; sharpness of the outline of the lateral edge of the submedian band of mesoscutum, and curvature of the its edge in posterior 0.5; width of the median band of the mesoscutum at its narrowest; lateral extension of fine pits of the median band of mesoscutum extended laterally posterior to submedian band; number of pits on the anterolateral corner of the lateral band of mesoscutum; extent of microsculpture on the scutoscutellar furrow; extent and position of the shiny surface on terga 5–8; pitted sculpticells in and around pits on most of the surface of tergum 9 above the lateral longitudinal furrow; distribution of pits along the anterior surface of tergum 10; extent of pitted sculpticells on the dorsal surface of tergum 10; and length and width of the pit on annulus 2 of the ovipositor.</p> <p>Description of female. COLOR. Fore and hind wings darkly tinted with a purple hue (may be difficult to see) in all cells (Fig. K33). Protrochanter and mesotrochanter ventrally in apical 0.3 black or somewhat paler.</p> <p>HEAD. Gena with large pits forming a curved row (row including some pits laterally) between lowest eye edge to occiput, the pits fused completely and bottom of each pit with irregular fine ridges (Fig. T1.23); the remaining surface with pits larger (0.2–0.3 times as large as lateral ocellus) and quite dense in ventral 0.5, and scattered in dorsal 0.5 and small (at most 0.15 times as large as lateral ocellus) and less dense (Fig T1.23, T6.5 and T6.6). Setae on clypeus, frons and postocellar area truncate or very slightly enlarged apically (about 1.5 times as wide as setal shaft or truncate), and on frons 1.5–2.0 times as long as diameter of lateral ocellus (Fig K14 and as in T1.24, insert). Pedicel about 0.9 times as long as wide (as in Fig. T1.4). Flagellomere 2 with sensory oval covering about 0.5 of dorsal surface (as in Fig. K1).</p> <p>THORAX. Pronotum with vertical lateral surface very densely pitted in posterior 0.5 (Fig. T6.3); dorsal surface around shiny teeth with very short ridges changing into deep and dense pits, the pits with irregularly defined edges (worm-like) of various heights and about 0.1 as large as diameter of lateral ocellus (Fig. T6.2); in lateral view, dorsal surface without or with some very short setae (as in Fig. K46). Mesoscutum with median band generally finely sculptured, widest anteriorly, at its narrowest the band about 0.7 times as wide as diameter of lateral ocellus (Fig. K17); pits without microsculpture at bottom, very deep, their edges irregularly defined (wormlike), and 0.15–0.2 times as large as diameter of lateral ocellus, without large pits along middle line in anterior 0.3 (Fig. K24a), and with pits becoming smaller (at most 0.1 times as large as diameter of lateral ocellus) in posterior 0.5 and extended laterally posterior to submedian band (Fig. K17 and as Fig. 3a). Submedian band in anterior 0.1–0.3 without pitted sculpticells within pits; lateral edge sharply outlined and convergent in anterior 0.5, and convergent and clearly concave in posterior 0.5 (as in Fig. K16). Lateral band shiny with many pits (&gt;10) fused on anterolateral corner (as in Fig. K4a). Scutoscutellar furrow with convex sculpticells (sculpticells clearly with metallic hue) over all of central surface (as in Fig. K3a). Axilla with large scallop-like pits similar to those on submedian band but somewhat smaller, not connected with small pits from submedian band along edge anteromedially (some wrinkles present), and without small pits (similar to those of median band) along anterior margin (Fig. K17).</p> <p>ABDOMEN. Terga 1–5 with deeply pitted sculpticells (surface matt). Terga 6–8 with shiny areas (microsculpture meshes absent or very lightly impressed). Tergum 6 shiny in posterior 0.5 medially; tergum 7 shiny in posterior 0.7 medially with a short anterior extension medially (Fig. K25); and tergum 8 shiny in posterior 0.7 with a short anterior extension medially (Fig K23 and K27). Tergum 9 with median basin bearing about 20 crescent-shape tubercles on each side on central portion, each tubercle with or without seta posteriorly, and the seta when present as small as size of shiny tubercle; longitudinal median ridge in median basin outlined but not prominent, suggested posteriorly, or absent; median basin without a small shiny central spot; median basin slightly longer than wide (maximum width/ maximum median length: 0.90–1.00) (Fig T1.9 and T6.7). Tergum 9 in lateral view above longitudinal furrow (only surface with setae at center) in ventral 0.5 with clearly outlined pits, pits smooth at bottom and surface smooth between pits, in dorsal 0.5 pits distinctly or indistinctly outlined with pitted sculpticells at bottom and surface smooth between most pits (as in Fig. T6.4). Tergum 10 in dorsal view narrowly pitted (about 0.75 times as wide as posterior width of median basin of tergum 9); each pit shiny at bottom (surface between pits shiny); pits extended medially to but not reaching anterior posterior edge of median basin (Fig. K29); lateral surface posterior to lateral tooth shiny and without large teeth (Fig. K20); surface anterior to lateral tooth with distinctly outlined pits partly bordered by shiny ridges, each pit large and with pitted sculpticells at bottom (Fig. K31). Ovipositor annuli 2 and 10 each with one wide pit as long as annulus (as in Fig. T5.7, base and Fig. T6.8); each pit clearly folded dorsally and sharply ventrally, and hardly tapering anteriorly.</p> <p>Taxonomic notes. Pasteels (1951) distinguished this species from A. hyalinatus, the only species known to him, only on the color pattern of the fore and hind wings.</p> </div>	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03FF545FFFD8FFDA4CA2FF252125AA92	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Goulet, Henri	Goulet, Henri (2014): Revision of the African horntail genus Afrotremex (Hymenoptera: Siricidae). Zootaxa 3795 (3): 201-254, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3795.3.1
03FF545FFFDCFFC34CA2FE6C21D1A8F7.text	03FF545FFFDCFFC34CA2FE6C21D1A8F7.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Afrotremex xylophagus ♀ H. Goulet 2014	<div><p>7. Afrotremex xylophagus n. sp.</p> <p>Fig. T7.1 (female habitus); K6, K9, K17a, K19, K22, K36, K38, K39b, K40b, K42, K44 (keys); T7.3–T7.9 (description).</p> <p>Fig. T7.2, (male habitus); T1.21, T7.10–21 (description).</p> <p>Map T1.26, blue square</p> <p>Type material. Holotype female (ZMHB), perfect condition, labeled [White, hand written] “N'kolbisson [Yaoudé] Éclos du bois Antricaryon Klaineamum [= Antrocaryon klaineanum Pierre: Anacardiaceae]” 6-v-65; [White] “Muséum Paris CAMEROUN "; [White] "Lacourt"; [White, printed in blue] "Zool. Mus. Berlin" [Red] “ HOLOTYPE Afrotremex xylophagus ♀ H. Goulet, 2014 ”.</p> <p>Paratype. 1 male. Cameroon: N'kolbisson, 29-vi-65 (1 M, ZMHB).</p> <p>Diagnosis. Among species with dense and large pits on gena and vertex (A. hyalinatus). Adults of A. xylophagus are distinguished from those of A. hyalinatus by the presence on the gena between the ventral edge of the eye and the occiput of a row of round pits with a raised posterior edge and a smooth bottom.</p> <p>Comparative diagnosis. Afrotremex xylophagus is a rather distinct species. It is unique in the following four features: pedicel proportions; fore and hind wings color pattern; size and distribution of shiny surface on tergum 8; and presence of a sharp ridge immediately ventral to the pit on annulus 3–15.</p> <p>Afrotremex xylophagus is distinguished from A. hyalinatus by all unique attributes mentioned above and the following six features: density of pits with raised posterior edge in a row along a line between lower eye margin and occiput, and the sculpture at the bottom of these pits; convergence of the lateral edge of the submedian band of mesoscutum in anterior 0.5; microsculpture distribution in anterior 0.3 of the median and submedian bands of mesoscutum; pit size on anterior 0.5 of the median band of mesoscutum; size of pits along the anterior margin of axilla; and size and distribution of shiny surface on terga 6–8.</p> <p>Afrotremex xylophagus shares with A. hyalinatus the following eleven features: size of the sensory oval surface on the dorsal surface of flagellomere 2; pit size and density on gena, vertex and postocellar area; degree of expansion of the club at the apex of the setae on clypeus, frons and postocellar area; sharpness of the lateral edge of the submedian band of mesoscutum; curvature of the lateral edge in posterior 0.5 of the submedian band of mesoscutum; width of the pit surface of the median band extended laterally posterior to submedian band; posterior extension of pitted sculpticells medially in posterior 0.5 of tergum 8; median carina prominence in the median basin of tergum 9; large teeth extension on lateral surface of tergum 10 posterior to lateral tooth; pits distinctness on anterior surface of lateral tooth of tergum 10; and shape and length of pit on annuli 2 and 10 of the ovipositor.</p> <p>Afrotremex xylophagus is distinguished from A. pallipennis and A. violaceus, two similar species, by all unique attributes mentioned above and the following six features: sharpness of the lateral edge of the submedian band of mesoscutum; curvature of the lateral edge in posterior in 0.5 of the submedian band of mesoscutum; width of the mesoscutellar median band of pits extended laterally posterior to submedian band; size of pits along the anterior margin of axilla; extent of the shiny surface on terga 5–8; and presence of large teeth on the lateral surface of tergum 10 posterior to lateral tooth.</p> <p>Afrotremex xylophagus shares with A. violaceus and A. pallipennis the following nine features: size of the sensory oval surface on the inner surface of flagellomere 2; relative width of the median band at its narrowest; lateral extension of the pits of the mesoscutellar median band posterior to submedian band; number of pits anterolaterally on the lateral band of mesoscutum; presence and extent of widespread sculpticells in the scutoscutellar furrow; absence of microsculpture laterally on tergum 8; absence of pitted sculpticells in and around pits on the dorsal surface of tergum 10; distribution of pitted surface near posterior edge of median basin on tergum 10; and size of the pit on annulus 2 of the ovipositor.</p> <p>Afrotremex xylophagus differs from A. comatus and A. opacus, two similar species, by all unique attributes mentioned above and the following eleven features: size of the sensory oval on the dorsal surface of flagellomere 2; width of the median band of mesoscutum at its narrowest; absence of extension of fine pits of the mesoscutal median band posterior to submedian band; number of pits on the anterolateral corner of the lateral band of mesoscutum; absence or restricted presence of microsculpture on the scutoscutellar furrow; size of pits along anterior margin of axilla; extent of pitted sculpticells on tergum 8; pitted sculpticells in and around pits on central surface above lateral longitudinal furrow on tergum 9; distribution of pits and pitted sculpticells along anterior surface of tergum 10; presence of pits on the surface anterior to lateral tooth on tergum 10; and size and outline of pit on annulus 2 of the ovipositor.</p> <p>Afrotremex xylophagus shares with A. comatus and A. opacus the following feature: density of pits with raised posterior edge in a row between the lower eye margin and the occiput, and sculpture at the bottom of these pits.</p> <p>Description of female. COLOR. Fore wing darkly tinted with a dark purple hue (may be difficult to see) in the following cells (cells codes as in Fig. M1): C, R. 1Cu, 1A, 2A, 1M (in basal 0.5), 2Cu (in basal 0.5), 1R1, Rs+1Rs2 (broadly along apical, basal and anterior margins), 2R1, 3R1; 2Rs2, 3M, 3Cu (in apical 0.5), and 2M (in apical 0.25); remaining portion of cells (1M, 2Cu, Rs+1Rs2, 2M, and 3Cu) clear forming a small clear spot centrally (Fig. K44). Hind wing darkly tinted with a dark purple hue (may be difficult to see) in apical 0.3 and in the following cells in basal 0.5 (cells codes as in Fig. M1): C, R (in basal 0.25 and along apical margins), 1Cu1 (spot in basal 0.25), and most of anal lobe (with more or less clear spot anteriorly), R1, 1Rs (along apical, basal and anterior margins), 2Rs, 2M (in apical 0.5), 2Cu (extreme apex); remaining cells or part of cells (R. 1Cu, Anal lobe, 1M, 1Rs, 2M and 2Cu) clear (Fig. K44). Protrochanter and mesotrochanter ventrally in apical 0.3 reddish brown.</p> <p>HEAD. Gena with large pits forming a curved row between lowest eye edge to occiput; pits 0.4–0.5 as long as diameter of lateral ocellus; each pit with raised posterior edge, isolated, and with shiny bottom (Fig. K36, insert); pits dense (usually polygonal in outline) in ventral 0.7, and less dense and round above; pits in ventral two thirds 0.3–0.5 times and in dorsal third 0.1–0.3 times as large as diameter of lateral ocellus (Fig K36, T7.3 and T7.4). Setae on clypeus, frons and postocellar area clearly clubbed at apex (about 2 times as wide as setal shaft), and on frons 0.5–0.7 as long as diameter of lateral ocellus (as in Fig K13 and T1.3, insert). Pedicel about 1.2 times as long as wide. Flagellomere 3 as long as wide and flagellomeres 4–11 clearly wider than long. Flagellomere 2 with sensory oval covering about 0.5 of dorsal surface (as in Fig. K1).</p> <p>THORAX. Pronotum with vertical lateral surface densely pitted on all or almost all of surface (Fig. T7.6); dorsal surface sculpture around shiny teeth with ridges and with few deep pits, pits with irregularly defined edges (worm-like) of various heights and about 0.1 as large as diameter of lateral ocellus (Fig. T7.5, insert); in lateral view, dorsal surface without or with some very short setae (as in Fig. K46). Mesoscutum with median band generally with fine pits, widest anteriorly, at its narrowest the band about 0.7 times as wide as diameter of lateral ocellus; surface with pitted sculpticells only along anterior margin, with pits posterior to microsculpture area, pits small (at most 0.15 times as large as diameter of lateral ocellus), with shiny bottom, and quite narrowly extended laterally posterior to submedian band and very hardly extended anteriorly along lateral edge of submedian band (Fig K38, and K39b). Submedian band in anterior 0.1–0.3 without pitted sculpticells within pits; not sharply outlined along lateral edge (Fig. K38); lateral edge in anterior 0.5 slightly convergent, and in posterior 0.5 convergent and straight (Fig. K38). Lateral band shiny with many pits (&gt;10) often partly fused on anterolateral corner (Fig. K38 and as in Fig. K4a). Scutoscutellar furrow with convex sculpticells (clearly with metallic hue) over 0.7 central surface (Fig. K17a). Axilla with large pits but without shiny teeth as those on submedian band, broadly connected with small pits from submedian band along edge anteromedially, and without small pits (similar to those of median band) along anterior margin (Fig. K40b).</p> <p>ABDOMEN. Terga 1–7 with deeply pitted sculpticells (surface matt) at least at base. Tergum 8 generally matt but with shiny surface along lateral margin in posterior 0.5 (Fig. K6). Tergum 9 with median basin bearing about 20 shiny teeth on each side of median ridge; each tooth without a seta; median basin with longitudinal median ridge outlined and prominent, without a small shiny central spot, and slightly longer than wide (maximum width/ maximum median length: 0.85–0.97) (Fig. T7.8). Tergum 9 in lateral view above longitudinal furrow in (central surface with setae) with pits in lower 0.5, pits not deep but outlined by pitted sculpticells, in dorsal 0.5 pits not outlined but with numerous crescent-like shiny tubercles anterior to a seta surrounded by pitted sculpticells (Fig. T7.7). Tergum 10 in dorsal view widely pitted; each pit shiny at bottom (surface between pits shiny except along anterior margin); pits extended to anterior edge only medially (contact about 0.3 times as wide as posterior edge of median basin) (Fig. K9); lateral surface posterior to lateral tooth shiny and with many large teeth (Fig. K19); surface anterior to lateral tooth with indistinctly outlined pits partly bordered by shiny ridges, each pit moderate in size and covered with pitted sculpticells (Fig. K19). Ovipositor with annulus 2 wide, extended and tapered to edge of annulus 1 (Fig. T7.9, base); annulus 10 with large pit as long as most of annulus, pit sharply outlined ventrally along 0.3–0.4 of annulus length (Fig. T7.9, middle); surface anterior to pit outlined by slightly convergent with round fold forming a trough-like, shallow surface extended to anterior annulus (Fig T7.9, base and T7.9, middle); annulus with a long sharp ridge immediately ventral to pit (Fig. T7.9, insert).</p> <p>Description of male. COLOR. Head. Capsule mainly reddish brown with occiput except posterior to margin adjacent to gena, vertex, postocellar area, and frons posterior to a line anterior to ocelli and top of eyes black with blue metallic reflections (Fig T7.10–T7.12). Antenna black with purple reflections (Fig. T1.21). Thorax. Pronotum generally reddish brown with median triangle and diffused spot submedially black with blue metallic reflections (Fig. T7.14). Propleuron black. Mesonotum with most of mesoscutum and central spot on axilla black with blue metallic reflections, with submedian area of mesoscutum (an anterior and posterior diffused spot), most of axilla, and all of mesoscutellum reddish brown (Fig. T7.14); mesepisternum with most of lateral surface reddish brown but black ventrally (Fig. T7.13). Metascutum with black with blue metallic reflections but metascutellum reddish brown (Fig. T7.14). Metapleuron reddish brown laterally but black ventrally (Fig. T7.13). Legs. Fore and middle legs with coxae black, with femur ventrally, apical 0.6–0.7 of tibia and tarsus reddish brown, and with basal 0.3–0.4 of tibia light reddish brown (Fig. T7.13). Hind leg with coxa, femur, apical 0.5 of tibia and tarsomeres 2–5 dark brown, with basal 0.3 of tibia, and on basal 0.3 and dorsal 0.7 of tarsomere 1 reddish brown (Fig. T7.21). Wings. Fore wing generally light brown tinted but clear in apical 0.8 of cells R and 1Cu, and a little darker in cells 1R1, 2 R1, and basal 0.3 of 3R1 (Fig. T7.20). Hind wing clear in basal 0.5 and light brown tinted in apical 0.5 and along margin of anal lobe (Fig. T7.2). Abdomen. Generally brown to dark brown; terga 2–8 with lateral triangular reddish brown spot becoming light reddish brown to white along lateral margin(Fig T7.15, T7.17 and T7.19); sternum 8 with posterior margin before median excision and apical 0.7 0f sternum 9 reddish brown (Fig. T7.16); sterna 4–8 along lateral margin in apical 0.5 light reddish brown (Fig. T7. 18).</p> <p>HEAD. Head narrower than in female: flagellomere 1 0.9 as long as flagellomere 2, flagellomere 2 1.6 times as long as wide, and flagellomeres 3–10 longer than wide. Setae on clypeus, frons and postocellar area clearly clubbed at apex, and on frons 0.2–0.3 as long as diameter of lateral ocellus (Fig. T1.3, insert).</p> <p>THORAX. Hind leg short and thick and in outline quite typical of siricid males; metatibia 4.7 times as long as wide and 1.3 times as long as metatarsomere 1; metatarsomere 1 3.6 times as long as wide and as long as metatarsomeres 2–5 combined (excluding claws); metatarsomere 5 as long as combined metatarsomeres 2 and 3.</p> <p>ABDOMEN. Abdomen narrow and segments about equally long medially (segment 8 slightly longer) and in outlined quite typical of siricid males. Tergum 9 visible and with obvious teeth anterior each long seta. Harpes with a tooth anterior to long setae. Surface of terga with numerous medium-sized setae. The microsculpture varies between each tergum: tergum 1 and 2 completely matt with deeply pitted sculpticells; tergum 3 mainly matt but shiny (sculpticells either scale-like or flat) in posterior 0.1; tergum 4 and 5 matt and shiny in posterior 0.3–0.4; terga 6 and 7 matt in basal 0.5 and shiny in apical 0.5; and tergum 8 matt in basal 0.2 and shiny in apical 0.8. Sternum densely pitted and surface between pits with isodiametric meshes with flat sculpticells; pits with pitted sculpticells. Posterior edge of sternum 8 deeply excised, excision about 2 times as wide as long; and sternum about 0.5 as long as length of sternum 9.</p> <p>Host. The two specimens were reared from Antrocaryon klaineanum (Anacardiaceae) a tree from central Africa.</p> <p>Origin of specific epithet. From Greek meaning “wood eater” referring the emergence of the specimens from the wood of Antrocaryon klaineanum (Anacardiaceae) as noted on the label.</p> </div>	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03FF545FFFDCFFC34CA2FE6C21D1A8F7	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Goulet, Henri	Goulet, Henri (2014): Revision of the African horntail genus Afrotremex (Hymenoptera: Siricidae). Zootaxa 3795 (3): 201-254, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3795.3.1
