3. Platyplectrus capensis Ferrière, 1941

Figs 16–18

Platyplectrus capensis Ferrière, 1941: 1 ♁, Cape Province, Swellendam, ii. 1932, R.E. Turner (BMNH, examined).

Diagnosis. Characters additional to those in Ferrière, 1941. Pronotum without carina. Occipital carina present. Scutellum rugulose. POL 1.8× as long as OOL. Body mostly yellow and orange (Fig. 16). F1 1.3× as long as pedicel and 1.2× as long as F2, F4 subquadrate. Clava 1.7 x as long as F4, brown. Forewing 2.6× as long as wide, speculum small and narrow along MV. PMV 1.7 x as long as STV. Petiole transverse (Fig. 17). Face yellow and orange with black, inverted V–shaped stripe (Fig. 18). Two long setae between posterior ocelli and two short ones near occiput (Fig. 18). Mesoscutum and scutellum with wide longitudinal black stripe, propodeum yellow with black lateral stripes, gaster with pale yellowish whitish spot in basal part, distal part black (Fig. 17). All legs yellow except hind coxae slightly brownish dorsally. Body 2.1 mm.

Host. Unknown.

Distribution. South Africa; * Kenya, * Ethiopia.

Material examined. Kenya, 1 ♀, Eastern Prov., Kasaala area, 733 m, 2.07836º S, 38.22517ºE, Malaise trap, inside isolated woodland patch, 10–24 Apr 2015, R. Copeland (NMK) ; 1 ♀, Coast Prov., Kasigau Mtn., bottom of forest, 737 m, 3.82080° S, 38.64178° E, Malaise trap, woodland with grass, 7–21 Sep 2011, R. Copeland (SMNH-TAU) ; 2 ♀, Ethiopia, Ambo, 6.vi.1990, Emeljanov (ZISP) .