Afrotropical Centistidea Rohwer, 1914 (Hymenoptera, Braconidae) with description of four new species

Abstract

The braconid parasitoid wasp genus Centistidea Rohwer, 1914 is revised for the Afrotropical region, with four new species described; Centistidea areolaris Liu & Polaszek, sp. nov., C. linearis Liu & Polaszek, sp. nov., C. longipedes Liu & Polaszek, sp. nov., and C. turneri Liu & Polaszek, sp. nov. are described based on specimens from the Natural History Museum, United Kingdom, and the Royal Museum for Central Africa, Belgium. An illustrated key to species in the Afrotropical region is provided.