SERIATOSPIDIA N-GEN WITH A DESCRIPTION OF 3 NEW SPECIES (HYMENOPTERA MUTILLIDAE)

Studies of the African members of the genus Trogaspidia Ashmead 1899 h ave shown that the biseriata group, as defined by BISCHOFF (1920), whi ch includes two species, described on female specimens, deserves a ful l generic status, named Seriatospidia. This new genus is defined by th e abdominal vestiture pattern, which appears to be highly significant for the recognition of the taxa in the females of Trogaspidia s.l. Thr ee new species, (junodiana, prostesemata and angolana), resulting from the study of formerly published as well as still unnamed material, ar e described.