New species and records of Afrotropical, Australasian, Oriental and Palaearctic Casinaria Holmgren, 1859 (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Campopleginae)

Abstract

Eight new species of Casinaria Holmgren, 1859 are described: Casinaria castanea sp. nov. and Casinaria rubens sp. nov. from South Africa, Casinaria sellata sp. nov. from South Africa and Kenya, Casinaria kittenbergeri sp. nov. from Uganda, Casinaria papuensis sp. nov. from Papua New Guinea, Casinaria coloratilis sp. nov., Casinaria russea sp. nov. and Casinaria vesca sp. nov. from Taiwan. The Afrotropical species of the genus are overviewed, and an identification key provided. Additionally, the first reports of Casinaria granulicoxis (Seyrig, 1935) from South Africa, Casinaria albipalpis (Gravenhorst, 1829) from Sweden and Casinaria kriechbaumeri (Costa, 1884) from Cyprus are given

Keywords

• species description
• identification key
• old world
• kittenberger.