title: Review of Afrotropical Figitinae (Figitidae, Cynipoidea, Hymenoptera) with the first records of Neralsia and Lonchidia for the region.
abstract: The cynipoid subfamily Figitinae is poorly represented in the Afrotropical region with two genera (Figites Latreille and Xyalophora Kieffer) and six species currently known. Here we record an additional two genera (Neralsia Cameron and Lonchidia Thomson) for the region and describe three new species: Neralsiahaddocki sp. n.; Xyalophoratedjoansi sp. n.; Xyalophoratintini sp. n. Benoit's species described in 1956 are synonymized under Figitesaciculatus (Benoit, 1956): Figiteseffossus syn. n.; Figitesfavonius syn. n.; Figitesfurvus syn. n.; Figitesfraudator syn. n. Identification keys to the figitine genera and species occurring in the Afrotropical region are provided. Online interactive Lucid Phoenix and Lucid matrix keys are available at: http://www.waspweb.org/Cynipoidea/Keys/index.htm.
authors.affiliation: Natural History Department, Iziko South African Museum, PO Box 61, Cape Town, 8000, South Africa ; Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cape Town, Private Bag, Rondebosch, 7701, South Africa.
authors.forename: Simon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: van Noort
authors.affiliation: Systematic Entomology Lab, USDA, c/o Smithsonian NMNH, 10th & Constitution Ave NW, Washington DC 20013.
authors.forename: Matthew L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Buffington
authors.affiliation: Swedish Museum of Natural History, Department of Entomology, Box 50007, SE-104 05 Stockholm, Sweden.
authors.forename: Mattias
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Forshage
keywords: Africa; Afrotropical; Cynipoidea; Figitidae; identification key; species description; taxonomy