title: New distribution records for the rare genus Afrotremex Pasteels (Siricidae: Hymenoptera) and provision of interactive Lucid identification keys to species.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Afrotremex Pasteels, 1951 is a rare genus of wasps endemic to the Afrotropical region, containing 6 species represented by 14 specimens. Specimens were previously only recorded from central Africa: Cameroon, Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Gabon and Uganda.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Here we record two additional specimens housed in the Natural History Museum in London (BMNH), one of which is a male of A. xylophagus Goulet, 2014 collected in Ghana (previously Gold Coast). This record extends the known distribution of the genus into west Africa, and represents the second known male specimen for the genus. The other BMNH specimen is a female paratype of A. violaceus Pasteels, 1951 collected in the Democratic Republic of Congo. We provide high quality photographs of these additional two specimens. Images of all six known species are openly available online on WaspWeb. In addition we have developed interactive online Lucid Matrix and Lucid Phoenix identification keys to the species, which are openly available on WaspWeb at: http://www.waspweb.org/Siricoidea/Siricidae/Keys/index.htm.
authors.affiliation: Natural History Department, Iziko South African Museum, Cape Town, South Africa ; Biological Sciences Department, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.
authors.forename: Simon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: van Noort
authors.affiliation: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Ottawa, Canada.
authors.forename: Henri
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Goulet
keywords: Africa; Afrotremex; Afrotropical region; Hymenoptera; Lucid matrix key; Siricidae; Siricoidea; distribution; endemic; identification keys