Lycorina

Rousse, P. & Noort, S. Van, 2014, Revision of the Afrotropical Lycorininae (Ichneumonidae; Hymenoptera) II. Three new Lycorina species and additional distribution records, Zootaxa 3884 (3), pp. 222-234 : 223-225

Key to Afrotropical Lycorina species

1 Overall colour yellow to pale yellow with variable reduced black markings (A); mesosoma shallowly sculptured to smooth (B); widespread in tropical Africa, southern Africa and Madagascar................................... L. fici Seyrig

- Overall colour darker, black to reddish (a); mesosoma more strongly sculptured (b)................................. 2

2(1) Anterior transverse carina of propodeum present (A, B), if weak still evident near the center of propodeum (B)........... 3

- Anterior transverse carina of propodeum totally absent, only posterior carina present (a, b).......................... 4

3(2) Tergites blackish red without pale central spot (A); face granulate medially with few punctures (B); antenna short, with fewer than 25 flagellomeres; Kenya............................................................. L. riftensis sp. nov.

- Metasoma variable in colour, from entirely reddish to entirely black (a, b), if tergites 2 and following black then always with a pale central triangle (b); face medially moderately punctate on smooth background; antenna longer, with 25 or more flagellomeres; widespread in tropical and southern Africa.............................................. L. globiceps Benoit

4(2) Notauli distinct, almost reaching apical margin of mesoscutum, median lobe of mesoscutum distinctly differentiated (A); propodeum with shallow punctures (B); Madagascar............................................ L. ranaivo Seyrig

- Notauli indistinct (a), median lobe of mesoscutum not differentiated (b); propodeum with deep punctures (c)............. 5