On the genus Sericopimpla Kriechbaumer, 1895 (Ichneumonidae, Pimplinae) in the Afrotropics, with the description of a new species

<i>Sericopimpla</i> Kriechbaumer, 1895 (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Pimplinae) is a moderately large Darwin wasp genus distributed mostly in the Paleotropics and Australasian region. Here, we describe a new Afrotropical species of the genus, <i>S. kibalensis</i> <b>sp. nov</b>., and provide notes on the intraspecific variation of the other known Afrotropical species: <i>S. sericata</i> (Kriechbaumer, 1895). We record the genus for the first time from Uganda, based on specimens collected with Malaise traps in Kibale National Park.

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ZooKeys
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2026-02-09
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https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1268.181918
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Hymenoptera taxonomy and phylogeny
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On the genus Sericopimpla Kriechbaumer, 1895 (Ichneumonidae, Pimplinae) in the Afrotropics, with the description of a new species

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On the genus Sericopimpla Kriechbaumer, 1895 (Ichneumonidae, Pimplinae) in the Afrotropics, with the description of a new species

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<i>Sericopimpla</i> Kriechbaumer, 1895 (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Pimplinae) is a moderately large Darwin wasp genus distributed mostly in the Paleotropics and Australasian region. Here, we describe a new Afrotropical species of the genus, <i>S. kibalensis</i> <b>sp. nov</b>., and provide notes on the intraspecific variation of the other known Afrotropical species: <i>S. sericata</i> (Kriechbaumer, 1895). We record the genus for the first time from Uganda, based on specimens collected with Malaise traps in Kibale National Park.

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