1 Overall colour yellow to pale yellow with variable
reduced black markings (A); mesosoma shallowly sculptured to smooth
(B); widespread in tropical Africa, southern Africa and Madagascar
…
Lycorina fici Seyrig, 1932
- Overall colour darker, black to reddish (a);
mesosoma more strongly sculptured (b) ... 2
2(1) Anterior transverse carina of propodeum present
(A, B), if weak still evident near the center of propodeum (B)... 3
- Anterior transverse carina of propodeum totally
absent, only posterior carina present (a, b)... 4
3(2) Tergites blackish red without pale central spot
(A); face granulate medially with few punctures (B); antenna short,
with fewer than 25 flagellomeres; Kenya ...
Lycorina
riftensis
Rousse & van Noort,
2014
- Metasoma variable in colour, from entirely reddish
to entirely black (a, b), if tergites 2 and following black then
always with a pale central triangle (b); face medially moderately
punctate on smooth background; antenna longer, with 25 or more
flagellomeres; widespread in tropical and southern Africa ...
Lycorina globiceps (Benoit, 1953)
4(2) Notauli distinct, almost reaching apical margin
of mesoscutum, median lobe of mesoscutum distinctly differentiated
(A); propodeum with shallow punctures (B); Madagascar
…
Lycorina ranaivo Seyrig, 1934
- Notauli indistinct (a), median lobe of mesoscutum
not differentiated (b); propodeum with deep punctures (c)... 5
5(4) Metasoma mostly reddish (A); mesosoma finely
punctate with a large and smooth excavation below speculum (B); face
finely punctate-granulate, punctation sparser medially (C); antenna
with 32 flagellomeres in the single known specimen; Cameroon ...
Lycorina
jacksonfive
Rousse & van Noort,
2014
- Metasoma mostly black (a); mesosoma deeply
punctate with a small smooth excavation below speculum (b); face
moderately to densely punctate, background smooth and shining (c);
antenna with fewer than 30 flagellomeres; South Africa ... 6
6(5) Apical margins of tergites yellow (A); malar
distance short (MD < 0.8) (B); ovipositor short (OT < 1.5) (A) ...
Lycorina
horstmanni
Rousse & van Noort,
2014
- Tergites uniformly black (a); malar distance long
(MD > 0.8) (b); ovipositor longer (OT > 1.5) (a)
…
Lycorina yui
Rousse & van Noort, 2013
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