AnimaliaHymenopteraFigitidaevan NoortSimonBuffingtonMatthew L.ForshageMattiasAfrotropical Cynipoidea (Hymenoptera)Zookeys1420152015493117610.3897/zookeys.493.6353 Acanthaegilopsis Pujade-Villar, 2013Remarks.

Recently described genus endemic to the Afrotropical region.

Diagnosis.

Immediately distinguishable from other Afrotropical anacharitines by the presence of a distinct and complete medial longitudinal furrow containing cross-carinae on the mesoscutum. The ventral part of the mesopleuron is coriaceously sculptured, a unique anacharitine character state.

Acanthaegilopsis species (Kenya). A habitus lateral view B head and mesosoma dorsolateral view C head, anterior-lateral view.

Distribution.

Afrotropical region: Comoros, Madagascar, Uganda, Zimbabwe (Mata-Casanova and Pujade-Villar 2013; Mata-Casanova et al. 2014), Kenya (here).

Biology.

Unknown.

Species richness.

Acanthaegilopsis hemicoriaceus Mata-Casanova & Pujade-Villar, 2014 (Uganda, Zimbabwe)

Acanthaegilopsis malagasy Pujade-Villar & Mata-Casanova, 2013 (Comoros, Madagascar)

Mata-CasanovaNPujade-VillarJ (2013) Acanthaegilopsis malagasy gen. n. and sp. n. of Anacharitinae (Hymenoptera: Cynipoidea: Figitidae) from Madagascar and the Comoros.African Entomology21: 161–164. doi: 10.4001/003.021.0119Mata-CasanovaNSelfaJPujade-VillarJ (2014) Description of two new species of Anacharitinae (Hymenoptera: Figitidae) from the Afrotropical region.African Entomology22: 545–551. doi: 10.4001/003.022.0312