01447nas a2200217   4500008004100000245013200041210006900173300000800242490000800250520069000258653002400948653001500972653000900987653001900996653001701015653001301032100001801045700002001063700001301083856013301096       2005                        eng d00aParapanteles rooibos, n. sp.(Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Microgastrinae): the first record of the genus from the African continent0 aParapanteles rooibos n spHymenoptera Braconidae Microgastrinae t  a1-80 v8553 aCurrently Parapanteles Ashmead (1900) has been recorded only from the Australian and American continents. However, in this publication we describe Parapanteles rooibos n. sp. from the African continent. We also provide information about its ecology and biology. The species may ultimately prove to be an important natural enemy of Isturgia exerraria (Prout) (Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Ennominae), an herbivore of the commercially produced shrub Aspalatus linearis (Fabaceae), from which rooibos tea is made. A hyperparasitoid, Pediobius sp. (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae), is recorded. A key to the four currently known Parapanteles species is included to facilitate species identification.10aafrotropical region10aBraconidae10ahost10aMicrogastrinae10aparapanteles10ataxonomy1 aValerio, A.A.1 aWhitfield, J.B.1 aKole, M.  uhttp://seag-insectes.com/en/content/parapanteles-rooibos-n-sphymenoptera-braconidae-microgastrinae-first-record-genus-african-co