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Abstract
The predominantly Afrotropical braconine wasp genus Bathyaulax Szepligeti is revised and an identification key provided. A total of 51 species are recognized as valid; 27 species are described as new. andrewi sp. nov., erythropus sp. nov., kvisti sp. nov., larjuskini sp. nov. vannouhuysie sp. nov. and williami sp. nov. from Kenya, artoi sp. nov., heinie sp. nov. and jimii sp. nov. from D. R. Congo, buntikae sp. nov. from Sierra Leone and D. R. Congo, nigroconus sp. nov. from D. R. Congo and Uganda, atrox sp. nov. from Uganda, bifoveae sp. nov. and varkonyii sp. nov. from Tanzania, ikonenie sp. nov. from Senegal, Kenya and Uganda, fritzeni sp. nov., juhai sp. nov. and ollilae sp. nov. from Saudi Arabia, kossui sp. nov. and marjae sp. nov. from Yemen, kupariensis sp. nov. and raunoi sp. nov. from Mozambique, nirgitarsus sp. nov. from Madagascar, ramosus sp. nov. and suvie sp. nov. from South Africa, pickeri sp. nov. from South Africa and Namibia, and pippolaensis sp. nov. from north East Africa, possibly Somaliland. Bicentra Achterberg & Sigwalt is synonymized with Bathyaulax, hence Bathyaulax concavitarsis (van Achterberg & Sigwalt Citation1987) comb. nov.; Bathyaulax atriceps (Kriechbaumer Citation1894), Bathyaulax gutta (Enderlein (1918) Citation1920) and Bathyaulax pectinatus (Enderlein (1918) Citation1920) are each synonymized with Bathyaulax martinii (Gribodo Citation1879) syn. nov.; Bathyaulax laeviventris Enderlein (1918) Citation1920 is synonymized with Bathyaulax foveiventris (Roman Citation1912), syn. nov.; Bathyaulax krebsii (Cameron Citation1909) is synonymized with Bathyaulax hirticeps (Cameron Citation1909) syn. nov.; Goniobracon areolatus Szépligeti Citation1913 and Goniobracon abdominalis Szépligeti 1914 are synonymized with Bathyaulax kersteni (Gerstaecker Citation1871) comb. et syn. nov.; Bathyaulax nigriceps Enderlein Citation1920 is synonymized with Bathyaulax lucidus (Szépligeti Citation1911) syn. nov.; Goniobracon seminiger Szépligeti 1914 is synonymized with Bathyaulax perspicax (Szépligeti Citation1905) syn. nov.; Bathyaulax transitus (Szépligeti Citation1913) is synonymized with Bathyaulax rufa (Szépligeti Citation1906) syn. nov.
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Acknowledgements
RK was funded by the Petter and Margit Forsström Foundation and the University of Oulu, Department of Biology, Finland. We are grateful to P. Grootaert (Bruxelles), C. van Achterberg (Leiden), E. de Conninck (Tervuren), C. Villemant (Paris), T. Huflejt (Warszawa), D. R. Smith and D. Furth (Washington), M. Fischer (Vienna) and L. Vilhelmsen (Copenhagen) for loans of specimens. Andrew Polaszek provided Automontage® facilities and offered considerable help and advice during specimen imaging. We thank Mike Picker for allowing us to reproduce the colour photograph of the Bathyaulax sp. shown in Figure . Finally, we thank Natalie Dale‐Skey for checking all specimens and data.