Norbanus incombo, Mitroiu, 2015

Norbanus incombo View in CoL sp. nov.

( Figs 99–108 View FIGURES 99–104 View FIGURES 105–108 )

Diagnosis. BOTH SEXES. Head and mesosoma bluish-green to olive green ( Figs 99–101 View FIGURES 99–104 , 106, 107 View FIGURES 105–108 ). Head without distinct elevation between eye and posterior ocellus ( Fig. 101 View FIGURES 99–104 ). Vertex dull, coarsely reticulate ( Figs 100 View FIGURES 99–104 , 107 View FIGURES 105–108 ). Clypeal margin slightly emarginate ( Fig. 101 View FIGURES 99–104 ). Scutellum moderately convex, not globose ( Figs 99 View FIGURES 99–104 , 106 View FIGURES 105–108 ). Metapleuron with uniform and distinct sculpture, without shiny area (cf. Figs 113 View FIGURES 109–114 , 163 View FIGURES 159–166 ). Spiracular sulci present, more or less deep ( Fig. 103 View FIGURES 99–104 ). Basal cell glabrous; marginal vein about 3.2–3.5× as long as stigmal vein ( Fig. 104 View FIGURES 99–104 ).

FEMALE. Metasoma usually extensively yellow ( Figs 99, 100 View FIGURES 99–104 , 105 View FIGURES 105–108 ), sometimes darker, mostly reddish-brown; ovipositor sheaths always black ( Fig. 99 View FIGURES 99–104 ); antenna usually yellow, with fu6 sometimes slightly darker ( Fig. 102 View FIGURES 99–104 ). Scape slightly exceeding vertex ( Fig. 101 View FIGURES 99–104 ). Second anellus quadrate ( Fig. 102 View FIGURES 99–104 ). Metasoma length about 2.0– 2.3× width. Posterior margin of gt1 with a double incision ( Fig. 105 View FIGURES 105–108 ), sometimes barely indicated in small specimens (cf. Fig. 89 View FIGURES 89–92 ).

MALE. Scape exceeding level of vertex by about half scape length (cf. Fig. 21 View FIGURES 19–22 ); each funicular segment of uniform width, long and thin, not conspicuously widened proximally and distally, and separated from each other by very short tubular connections; each segment more or less uniformly covered by long setae ( Fig. 108 View FIGURES 105–108 ).

Material examined. Holotype ♀ ( BMNH). ZIMBABWE: “ZIMBABWE: Chishawasha, xii.79, A. Watsham ” [CPD, on rectangular card].

Allotype ♂. ZIMBABWE: same information as holotype ( BMNH).

Additional paratypes. BURKINA FASO: 1 ♀ “ Burkina Faso , Volta Noire, Guéna, piège malaise, 6/ 7–9/8. 1978, leg. J. U. Everts ” ( RMNH) . D. R. CONGO: 2 ♀ “ Congo Belge, P. N.G., Miss. H. De Saeger, II/gd/4, 27-xii- 1951, Réc H. De Saeger. 2944” ( MRAC) ; 3 ♀ and 1 ♂ “ Congo Belge, P. N.G., Miss. H. De Saeger, II/e, 18-xii- 1950, Réc H. De Saeger. 995” ( MRAC) ; 4 ♀ and 2 ♂ “ Congo Belge, P. N.G., Miss. H. De Saeger, II/f, 28-xii-1950, Réc J. Verschuren. 1018” ( MRAC) ; 1 ♀ “ Congo Belge, P. N.G., Miss H. De Saeger, I/b/2, 22-ii-1950, Réc. H. De Saeger. 214” ( MRAC) ; 1 ♀ “ Congo Belge, P. N.G., Miss H. De Saeger, II/gd/4, 5-xii-1951, Réc. H. De Saeger. 2862” ( MRAC) ; 1 ♀ “ Congo Belge, P. N.G., Miss H. De Saeger , II/gd/9, 3-xi-1951, H. De Saeger. 2717” ( MRAC) ; 1 ♀ “ Congo Belge, P. N.G., Miss H. De Saeger, II/gc/6, 9-viii-1951, Réc. H. De Saeger. 2243” ( MRAC) ; 1 ♀ “ Congo Belge, P. N.G., Miss H. De Saeger, II/e, 8-i-1951, Réc. J. Verschuren. 1066” ( MRAC) ; 1 ♀ and 1 ♂ “ Congo Belge, P. N.G., Miss H. De Saeger, Ndelele K. 115, 3-xii-1951, Réc. H. De Saeger. 2842” ( MRAC); 1 ♀ “ Congo Belge, P. N.G., Miss H. De Saeger, Ndelele, 22-ix-1952, H. De Saeger. 4068” ( MRAC) ; 1 ♀ “ Congo Belge, P. N.G., Miss H. De Saeger, II/f, 26-xii-1950, Réc. J. Verschuren. 1002” ( MRAC) ; 1 ♀ “ Congo Belge, P. N.G., Miss H. De Saeger, II/d, 3-i-1951, Réc. J. Verschuren. 1034” ( MRAC) ; 1 ♀ “ Congo Belge, P. N.G., Miss H. De Saeger, II/e, 4-i- 1951, Réc. J. Verschuren. 1041” ( MRAC) ; 1 ♀ “ Congo Belge, P. N.G., Miss H. De Saeger, II/gd/4, 30-xi-1951, Réc. H. De Saeger. 2831” ( MRAC) ; 1 ♀ “ Congo Belge, P. N.G., Miss H. De Saeger, II/ed/14, 17-ii-1951, Réc. H. De Saeger. 1271” ( MRAC) ; 1 ♀ “ Congo Belge, P. N.G., Miss H. De Saeger, II/f, 15-xii-1950, Réc. H. De Saeger. 991” ( MRAC) ; 3 ♀ and 2 ♂ “ Congo Belge, P. N.G., Miss H. De Saeger, II/gd/4, 23-viii-52, H. De Saeger. 3967” ( MRAC) ; 4 ♀ and 3 ♂ “ Congo Belge, P. N.G., Miss. H. De Saeger, II/gc/7, 14-viii-52, H. De Saeger. 3940” ( MRAC) ; 1 ♀ “ Congo Belge, P. N.G., Miss H. De Saeger, II/gd/4, 25-viii-52, H. De Saeger. 3978” ( MRAC) ; 1 ♀ “ Congo Belge, P. N.G., Miss H. De Saeger , II/gd/4, 18-ix-1952, H. De Saeger. 4077” ( MRAC) ; 1 ♀ “ Congo Belge, P. N.G., Miss H. De Saeger, II/gd/7, 8-vi-1951, Réc. H. De Saeger. 1887” ( MRAC) ; 1 ♀ “ Congo Belge, P. N.G., Miss H. De Saeger, II/gd/4, 22-viii-52, H. De Saeger. 3964” ( MRAC) ; 1 ♀ and 1 ♂ “ Congo Belge, P. N.G., Miss H. De Saeger , II/fc/4, 22-ix-1952, H. De Saeger. 4078” ( MRAC) ; 1 ♀ and 1 ♂ “ Congo Belge, P. N.G., Miss H. De Saeger, I/o/3 aval, 29-ix-1950, Réc. G. Demoulin. 853” ( MRAC) ; 1 ♀ “ Congo Belge, P. N.G., Miss H. De Saeger, II/fc/18, 12-x-1951, Réc. H. De Saeger. 2653” ( MRAC) ; 1 ♀ “ Congo Belge, P. N.G., Miss H. De Saeger , II/fd/4, 3-vi-1952, H. De Saeger. 3694” ( MRAC) ; 1 ♀ “ Congo Belge, P. N.G., Miss H. De Saeger, Napukumweli , 26-viii-1950, Réc. G. Demoulin. 789” ( MRAC) ; 1 ♀ “ Congo Belge, P. N.G., Miss H. De Saeger, II/gd/4, 23-viii-52, H. De Saeger. 3967” ( MRAC) ; 1 ♀ “ Congo Belge, P. N.G., Miss. H. De Saeger, Pp. K/55/d/8, 19-xi-1951, Réc. H. De Saeger. 2768” ( MRAC) ; 1 ♀ “ Congo Belge, P. N.G., Miss H. De Saeger, II/hd/4, 20-viii-52, H. De Saeger. 3958” ( MRAC) ; 1 ♀ “ Congo Belge, P. N.G., Miss H. De Saeger , II/id/9, 16-vii-1952, H. De Saeger. 3805” ( MRAC) ; 1 ♀ “ Congo Belge, P. N.G., Miss H. De Saeger, II/gd/4, 18-i-1952, Réc. H. De Saeger. 3024” ( MRAC) ; 1 ♀ “ Congo Belge, P. N.G., Miss H. De Saeger, Mt. Ndoro , 15-iii-1950, Réc. H. De Saeger. 305” ( MRAC) ; 1 ♀ “ Congo Belge, P. N.G., Miss H. De Saeger, II/fe/7, 4-vii-1952, Réc. H. De Saeger. 3729” ( MRAC) ; 1 ♀ “SL Edouard: Eb. Rwindi (1000m) 17-iv-36, L. Lippens, PARC NAT. ALBERT” ( MRAC) ; 1 ♀ “ Congo Belge, P. N.G., Miss H. De Saeger, II/g/10, 25-i-1951, Réc. H. De Saeger. 1157” ( MRAC) ; 1 ♂ “ Congo Belge, P. N.G., Miss H. De Saeger , II/fd/17, 25-ix-1952, H. De Saeger. 4083” ( MRAC) ; 2 ♂ “ Congo Belge, P. N.G., Miss H. De Saeger , II/gd/4, 8-viii-1952, H. De Saeger. 3923” ( MRAC) ; 1 ♂ “ Congo Belge, P. N.G., Miss H. De Saeger, II/fc/5, 26-viii-52, H. De Saeger. 3982” ( MRAC) ; 1 ♂ “ Congo Belge, P. N.G., Miss H. De Saeger, PpK, 90/115, 3-xii-1951, Réc. H. De Saeger. 2860” ( MRAC) ; 1 ♂ “ Congo Belge, P. N.G., Miss. H. De Saeger, II/gd/14s, 9-viii-1951, Réc. H. De Saeger. 2236” ( MRAC) ; 1 ♂ “ Congo Belge, P. N.G., Miss. H. De Saeger, II/f, 26-xii-1950, Réc. J. Verschuren. 1003” ( MRAC) ; 1 ♂ “ Congo Belge, P. N.G., Miss. H. De Saeger, Pp. K.80.90, 5-xi-1951, Réc. H. De Saeger. 2724” ( MRAC) ; 1 ♂ “ Congo Belge, P. N.G., Miss. H. De Saeger, II/gd/6, 19-viii-52, H. De Saeger. 3952” ( MRAC) ; 1 ♂ “ Congo Belge, P. N.G., Miss. H. De Saeger , II/gd/4, 5-vii-1952, H. De Saeger. 3743” ( MRAC) ; 1 ♂ “ Congo Belge, P. N.G., Miss. H. De Saeger, Ndelele/R, 23-vii-52, H. De Saeger. 3815” ( MRAC) ; 1 ♂ “ Congo Belge, P. N.G., Miss. H. De Saeger, II/gc/6, 8-vi- 1951, Réc. H. De Saeger. 1886” ( MRAC) ; 1 ♂ “ Congo Belge, P. N.G., Miss. H. De Saeger, PFSK.20/9, 14-vi-52, Réc. H. De Saeger. 3653” ( MRAC) . GAMBIA: 1 ♀ “W. AFR. GAMBIA, Gunjur, 29./I., 1978. L. Huggert ” ( BMNH) . IVORY COAST: 31 ♀ and 103 ♂ “IVORY COAST: Lamto Ecol. Res. Stn, 6°13’N 5°02’W, 10– 30.xi.1988, JS Noyes ” ( BMNH); 1 ♀ and 1 ♂ “IVORY COAST: Lamto Ecol. Res. Stn , 6°13’N 5°02’W, 10– 30.xi.1988, JS Noyes ” ( MICO) GoogleMaps ; 1 ♀ and 1 ♂ “IVORY COAST Logbonou 20 km E Katiola, 26-12-1980, savanna, malaise trap, J.W. Everts c.s. / KaS5” ( RMNH) ; 1 ♀ “IVORY COAST Ranch Marahoué , 60 km NW Mankono, 12- 12-1980, savanna, malaise-trap, J.W. Everts c.s. / M4S” ( RMNH) ; 2 ♀ “ Côte d’Ivoire, 30–35 km. N. de Korghogo , 30.I.1980 malaise , leg. J.W. Everts e.a.” ( RMNH); 1 ♀ “ Côte d’Ivoire, Katiola-Coton, 23.IV.1981 malaise, J.W. Everts c.s.” ( RMNH); 2 ♂ “ Côte d’Ivoire , Katiola-Savanne , 4.I.1981 malaise , leg. J.W. Everts c.s.” ( RMNH); 1 ♂ “ Côte d’Ivoire , 30–35. II.1980 malaise , leg. J.W. Everts c.s.” ( RMNH); 1 ♂ “ Côte d’Ivoire, Katiola-Forêt , 4.I.1981 malaise, J.W. Everts c.s.” ( RMNH) ; 1 ♂ “MUSEUM PARIS, LAMTO ( Côte d’Ivoire ), IX. 1970, Leg. D. LACHAISE”, “Savane claire à Loudetia, (matin) ds. mare temporaire asséchée” ( MNHN) . NAMIBIA: 1 ♀ “SOUTH WEST AFRICA, Gross Otavi: 11:73, A. Watsham ” ( BMNH) . SOUTH AFRICA: 4 ♀ and 1 ♂ “S. Africa, R.E. Turner, Brit. Mus. 1924-289.”, “ Port St. John , Pondoland. May. 1924.” ( BMNH) ; 1 ♀ “ Zululand: Eshowe , July 1926 ”, “ S. Africa, R.E. Turner, Brit. Mus. 1924-299.” ( BMNH) ; 1 ♀ “SOUTH AFRICA, Strydom Tunnel, E. Tvl. ii.1990, G.L. Prinsloo ”, “NATIONAL COLL. OF INSECTS ( SANC), Pretoria, South Africa ” ( SANC) ; 1 ♀ “SOUTH AFRICA FS, Willem Pretorius Prov. Nat. Res., ii. 1999 GL Prinsloo”, “Collected by sweeping”, “NATIONAL COLL. OF INSECTS ( SANC), Pretoria, South Africa ” ( SANC) ; 1 ♀ “SOUTH AFRICA, Blyderivier Tvl. ii. 1977, G.L. Prinsloo ”, “NATIONAL COLL. OF INSECTS ( SANC), Pretoria, South Africa ” ( SANC) ; 1 ♀ “SOUTH AFRICA, Blyderiviers-poort. iii. 1981, G.L. Prinsloo ”, “NATIONAL COLL. OF INSECTS ( SANC), Pretoria, South Africa ” ( SANC) ; 1 ♀ “SOUTH AFRICA, Hluhluwe, Ntl, iv. 1977, G.L. Prinsloo ”, “NATIONAL COLL. OF INSECTS ( SANC), Pretoria, South Africa ” ( SANC) ; 3 ♀ “SOUTH AFRICA, Potgietersrus Tvl. ii. 1977, G.L. Prinsloo ”, “NATIONAL COLL. OF INSECTS ( SANC), Pretoria, South Africa ” ( SANC) ; 1 ♀ “SOUTH AFRICA, Hans Strijdom Dam Prov. Nat. Res. nr. Ellisras, Tvl , i.1988, GL Prinsloo”, “NATIONAL COLL OF INSECTS ( SANC), Pretoria, South Africa ” ( SANC) ; 2 ♀ “SOUTH AFRICA, Letsitele Tvl. xi. 1978, GL Prinsloo”, “NATIONAL COLL OF INSECTS ( SANC), Pretoria, South Africa ” ( SANC) ; 1 ♀ “SOUTH AFRICA, Entabeni Forestry Stn, Tvl. xi. 1978, GL. Prinsloo”, “NATIONAL COLL. OF INSECTS ( SANC), Pretoria, South Africa ” ( SANC) ; 1 ♀ “SOUTH AFRICA, Tzaneen, Tvl, ii.1977, G.L. Prinsloo ”, “NATIONAL COLL OF INSECTS ( SANC), Pretoria, South Africa ” ( SANC) ; 1 ♀ “SOUTH AFRICA, Mbazwana, Ntl. iv.1977, G.L. Prinsloo ”, “NATIONAL COLL OF INSECTS ( SANC), Pretoria, South Africa ” ( SANC) ; 2 ♀ “SOUTH AFRICA, Barberton Tvl. xii. 1978, G.L. Prinsloo ”, “NATIONAL COLL OF INSECTS ( SANC), Pretoria, South Africa ” ( SANC) ; 2 ♀ “SOUTH AFRICA, St. Lucia, Ntl. iv. 1977, G.L. Prinsloo ”, “NATIONAL COLL OF INSECTS ( SANC), Pretoria, South Africa ” ( SANC) ; 1 ♀ “SOUTH AFRICA, TVL., Kruger Nat. Park, Pretoriuskop, 25.09S 31.16E. 591m. 17.i.1985. N.C.Pienaar ”, “NATIONAL COLL. OF INSECTS ( SANC), Pretoria, South Africa ” ( SANC) GoogleMaps ; 1 ♀ “SOUTH AFRICA: Transvaal, Kruger Nat. Park, Satara 12.XII.1985, M. Sanborne ( CNC); 2 ♂ “SOUTH AFRICA, Hekpoort (i)74, A. Watsham ” ( BMNH); 1 ♂ “SOUTH AFRICA, Uniondale, A. Watsham: 12:73” ( BMNH) ; 1 ♂ “ S. Africa. R.E. Turner. Brit. Mus. 1923-286.”, “ Port St. John , Pondoland. April 5-30.1923.” ( BMNH) ; 1 ♂ “ S. Africa. R.E. Turner. Brit. Mus. 1923-332.”, “ Port St. John , Pondoland. May 15-31.1923.” ( BMNH) ; 1 ♂ “E Cape Prov., Katberg. 1–13.xi.1932 ”, “ S. Africa. R.E. Turner. Brit. Mus. 1932-551” ( BMNH) . SUDAN: 1 ♂ “SUDAN: 9°N 27°E, N of Aweii , 7–9.v.1981, J.H. Martin” ( BMNH) GoogleMaps . ZIMBABWE: 1 ♀ “RHODESIA, Salisbury, A. Watsham / WFU193, (viii)73” ( BMNH) ; 1 ♀ “RHODESIA, Salisbury, A. Watsham / WFU42, (v)74” ( BMNH) ; 1 ♀ “RHODESIA, Chishawasha , 10.ii.1979, A. Watsham ” ( BMNH) ; 1 ♀ “RHODESIA, Salisbury, A. Watsham / ( VIII)77, 292” ( BMNH) ; 1 ♀ “RHODESIA, Salisbury, A. Watsham / WF88, xi.74” ( BMNH) ; 1 ♀ “RHODESIA, Salisbury, A. Watsham / WFU14, 2.iii.74” ( BMNH) ; 1 ♀ “RHODESIA, Salisbury, A. Watsham / WF.147, iv.75” ( BMNH) ; 1 ♀ “RHODESIA, Salisbury, A. Watsham / WF.150, iv.75” ( BMNH) ; 1 ♀ “RHODESIA, Salisbury, A. Watsham / WF74, ix.74” ( BMNH) ; 1 ♀ “RHODESIA, Salisbury, A. Watsham / WFU53, (vi)74” ( BMNH) ; 1 ♀ “RHODESIA, Salisbury, A. Watsham / WF95, xii74” ( BMNH) ; 1 ♀ “RHODESIA, Salisbury, A. Watsham / WFU37, v.74” ( BMNH) ; 1 ♀ “RHODESIA, Salisbury, A. Watsham / WFU62, viii.74” ( BMNH) ; 1 ♀ “RHODESIA, Salisbury, A. Watsham / WFU63, viii.74” ( BMNH) ; 1 ♀ “ZIMBABWE, Salisbury, A. Watsham / Apr. 81” ( BMNH) ; 1 ♀ “RHODESIA, Salisbury, A. Watsham / WF.148, iv.75” ( BMNH) ; 1 ♀ “RHODESIA, Salisbury, A. Watsham / WFU23, iii.74” ( BMNH) ; 1 ♀ “RHODESIA, Salisbury, A. Watsham / WFU15, 3.iii.74” ( BMNH) ; 1 ♀ “RHODESIA, Salisbury, A. Watsham / WFU33, iv74” ( BMNH) ; 1 ♀ “RHODESIA, Chishawasha, ii. 1976, A. Watsham ” ( BMNH); 1 ♀ “RHODESIA, Salisbury, v. 1976, A. Watsham ” ( BMNH); 1 ♀ “ZIMBABWE, Chishawasha , xi. 1975, A. Watsham ” ( BMNH) ; 1 ♀ “ZIMBABWE, Salisbury, A. Watsham / Jan. 81” ( BMNH) ; 1 ♀ “RHODESIA, Salisbury, A. Watsham / WFU6, (ii)74” ( BMNH) ; 1 ♀ “RHODESIA, Salisbury, A. Watsham / WFU20, iii74” ( BMNH) ; 2 ♂ same information as holotype ( BMNH) ; 1 ♂ “RHODESIA, Salisbury, A. Watsham / WF.146, iv.75” ( BMNH) ; 1 ♂ “RHODESIA, Salisbury, A. Watsham / WF.147, iv.75” ( BMNH) ; 1 ♂ “RHODESIA, Salisbury, A. Watsham / WF.62, viii 74” ( BMNH) ; 1 ♂ “RHODESIA, Salisbury, A. Watsham / WF.48, (vi)74” ( BMNH) ; 1 ♂ “RHODESIA, Salisbury, A. Watsham / WF.46, (vi)74” ( BMNH) ; 1 ♂ “ZIMBABWE, Chishawasha, xii 79, Watsham ” ( BMNH); 1 ♂ “RHODESIA, Salisbury , ii.1978, A. Watsham ” ( BMNH) .

Other material. SOUTH AFRICA: 2 ♀ “ S. Africa, R.E. Turner, Brit. Mus. 1924-289.”, “ Port St. John , Pondoland. May. 1924.” ( BMNH) ; 1 ♀ “ S. Africa, R.E. Turner, Brit. Mus. 1926-194.”, “Zululand: Gingindhlovu. 29.iv.1926 ” ( BMNH) ; 1 ♀ “ S. Africa, R.E. Turner, Brit. Mus. 1926-232.”, “Zululand: Eshove. 6–31.v.1926 ” ( BMNH) .

Description. FEMALE (holotype). Colour. Head and mesosoma bluish-green. Metasoma mainly bright yellow, getting brownish distally; ovipositor sheaths black. Body pilosity short whitish. Eyes light red, ocelli whitish. Mandibles yellow, teeth reddish-brown. Antenna mainly yellow, scape and pedicel dorsally and fu6 light brown. Wings hyaline, tegulae and venation brownish-yellow, pilosity pale yellow. Legs with all coxae as mesosoma; trochanters dark yellow; fore and mid femora yellowish-brown, hind femur dark brown with metallic reflections; all tibiae and tarsi pale yellow, arolia and claws light brown.

Body length. 3.25 mm.

Head without distinct elevation between eye and posterior ocellus, reticulate except lower face finely striated, striation not reaching toruli ( Figs 100, 101 View FIGURES 99–104 ). Clypeal margin very slightly emarginate ( Fig. 101 View FIGURES 99–104 ). Eye ovate, anterior and posterior margins not sinuous ( Fig. 99 View FIGURES 99–104 ). Gena with a weak lamina near mouth corner. Scrobes moderately impressed, visible in dorsal view of the head. Toruli with lower margins above lower margins of eyes ( Fig. 101 View FIGURES 99–104 ). Antenna ( Fig. 102 View FIGURES 99–104 ) with scape reaching above vertex ( Fig. 101 View FIGURES 99–104 ); first anellus transverse, the second quadrate; funicular segments longer than wide; clava ventrally gradually narrowing before spicula, sutures hardly visible, oblique; micropilosity area occupying more than half length of claval body. Relative measurements—head length: 31, width: 64, height: 51; POL: 13.5; OOL: 10.5; eye height: 30, length: 22; IOD: 41.5; eye length dorsally: 21; temple length dorsally: 5; malar space: 19; mouth width: 29; distance between clypeal margin and toruli: 24; scape length: 29; pedicel length: 6.5, width: 3; pedicel plus flagellum: 68; fu1 length: 10, width: 3; fu6 length: 5.5, width: 4.5; clava length: 13.5, width: 5.

Mesosoma dorsally coarsely reticulate ( Fig. 100 View FIGURES 99–104 ). Notauli barely visible in the anterior third of mesoscutum ( Fig. 100 View FIGURES 99–104 ). Scutellum moderately convex ( Fig. 99 View FIGURES 99–104 ), frenal line absent, but frenal area with finer reticulation than rest of scutellum. Upper mesepimeron smooth (cf. Fig. 106 View FIGURES 105–108 ). Metapleuron (cf. Figs 113 View FIGURES 109–114 , 163 View FIGURES 159–166 ) and dorsellum (cf. Fig. 103 View FIGURES 99–104 ) uniformly reticulate. Propodeum inclined ( Fig. 99 View FIGURES 99–104 ), uniformly reticulate except two small depressions near its anterior margin submedially; spiracles oval, spiracular sulci conspicuous, although not deep (cf. Fig. 103 View FIGURES 99–104 ). Fore wing ( Fig. 104 View FIGURES 99–104 ) with basal cell and basal fold glabrous; costal cell with several rows of setae on ventral surface; speculum large, extending to stigmal vein; wing pilosity including marginal fringe short; stigma hardly capitate. Relative measurements—mesosomal length: 60, width: 51, height: 47; mesoscutum length: 24.5; scutellum length: 25, width: 29; propodeum length: 11; fore wing length: 140, width: 51; M: 27; S: 8.5; P: 12.

Metasoma ovate-acuminate, slightly longer than head plus mesosoma ( Figs 99, 100 View FIGURES 99–104 ), dorsally mainly reticulate-imbricate (alveolae wider than long) except for gt1 which is mainly smooth ( Fig. 105 View FIGURES 105–108 ). Posterior margin of gt 1 with a weak double incision ( Fig. 105 View FIGURES 105–108 ). Ovipositor sheaths short, not visible in dorsal view ( Fig. 100 View FIGURES 99–104 ). Relative measurements—metasomal length: 105, width: 52; gt1 length: 13; gt7 length: 8, width: 14.

MALE (allotype). Differs from the female holotype mainly as follows. Body length: 2.3 mm. Scape except base and pedicel light brown; base of scape whitish; flagellum dark brown ( Fig. 108 View FIGURES 105–108 ). Metasoma brown except extensively whitish dorsally and ventrally in proximal 2/3; extreme base of gt1 brownish ( Figs 106, 107 View FIGURES 105–108 ). Toruli much closer to median ocellus than to clypeal margin (fig. 106). Scape exceeding level of vertex by about half scape length (cf. Fig. 21 View FIGURES 19–22 ); both anelli transverse; each funicular segment of uniform width, long and thin, not conspicuously widened proximally and distally, more or less uniformly covered by long dense setae emerging at a slightly acute angle to segment; segments separated from each other by short tubular connections ( Fig. 108 View FIGURES 105–108 ); pedicel plus flagellum about 2.3× head width; fu1 length about 6.3× width; fu6 length about 3.3× width; clava with segments more closely compacted than funicular segments, length about 7× width, not wider than fu6 ( Fig. 108 View FIGURES 105–108 ). Mesosoma length about 1.4× width. Metasoma length about 3× width, only slightly longer and narrower than mesosoma ( Figs 106, 107 View FIGURES 105–108 ).

MAP 7. Distribution of N. incombo and N. ingens

Variation. BOTH SEXES. Spiracular sulci shallow in small specimens and deep in larger ones.

FEMALES. Body length: 2.00– 5.25 mm. Eyes from pale red to dark red, ocelli from whitish to reddish-brown; proximal part of flagellum sometimes slightly darker than distal part; fu6 sometimes not darker than the rest of funicular segments; femora from light brown to dark brown and with metallic reflections; metasoma sometimes light brown, rarely dark brown, in the latter case scape also dark brown. Head width about 1.8–2.0× length. Marginal vein about 3.2–3.5× as long as stigmal vein. Metasoma length about 2.0–2.3× width.

MALES. Body length: 1.75–3.50 mm. Mesosoma often with some golden reflections, usually stronger on scutellum. Flagellum reddish-brown to dark brown. Scape exceeding level of vertex by about 1/2–1/3 scape length; pedicel plus flagellum about 1.7–2.8× head width (flagellum length greater in small specimens compared with larger ones); fu1 length about 6.0–6.7× width; fu6 length about 3–4× width; clava length about 5.5–9.5× width, the last two segments from closely compacted together in large specimens to distinctly separated in smaller specimens. Mesoscutum width about 1.5–1.9× length (in small specimens mesoscutum tends to be longer than in large specimens). Metasoma length about 2.0–3.0× width, from about equal to mesosoma to about equal to head plus mesosoma.

Comments. This is one of the most common species of Norbanus in the Afrotropical region. For characters separating N. incombo from N. maliarphae , see the key. Norbanus incombo superficially resembles N. awi in colour and habitus, but differs from the latter species mainly in the double-incised gt1, shorter stigmal vein, and yellow, gradually narrowing clava. Several females from South Africa are excluded from the type series; they differ from other females in size, being all large (about 5.25 mm), and by having the head and mesosoma dark coppery, with violet reflections; no other characters have been found to separate them from the typical form.

Etymology. In the Zulu language (i)ncombo means yellow, with reference to the usually yellow metasoma of females.

Distribution. Burkina Faso, D. R. Congo, Gambia, Ivory Coast, Namibia, South Africa, Sudan, Zimbabwe (Map 7).

Hosts. Unknown.