Introduction.............................................................................................................. 5
Materials and methods.............................................................................................. 5
Results and discussion............................................................................................... 7
Key to Afrotropical species groups of Scelio....................................................... 14
Checklist and species-group placement of the Afrotropical Scelio species........... 15
Scelio ernstii species group................................................................................. 18
Scelio albatus Yoder, sp. n............................................................................ 21
Scelio aphares Yoder, sp. n............................................................................ 23
Scelio ardelio Yoder, sp. n............................................................................. 26
Scelio bayanga Yoder, sp. n........................................................................... 28
Scelio chapmani Nixon................................................................................ 30
Scelio copelandi Yoder, sp. n......................................................................... 32
Scelio dupondi Yoder, sp. n........................................................................... 34
Scelio exophthalmus Yoder, sp. n................................................................... 36
Scelio janseni Yoder, sp. n............................................................................. 38
Scelio mauritanicus Risbec........................................................................... 40
Scelio phaeoprora Yoder, sp. n....................................................................... 43
Scelio taylori Nixon...................................................................................... 45
Scelio howardi species group.............................................................................. 50
“white” subgroup............................................................................................ 56
Scelio fremo Valerio & Yoder, sp. n............................................................... 56
Scelio howardi Crawford.............................................................................. 58
Scelio igland Yoder, sp. n.............................................................................. 63
Scelio ructo Yoder, sp. n............................................................................... 67
Scelio scomma Yoder, sp. n........................................................................... 70
Scelio ululo Yoder, sp. n............................................................................... 72
Scelio zolotarevskyi Ferrière........................................................................... 74
“brown” subgroup........................................................................................... 78
Scelio balo Valerio & Yoder, sp. n................................................................. 78
Scelio bubulo Yoder, sp. n............................................................................. 80
Scelio cano Yoder, sp. n................................................................................ 82
Scelio crepo Yoder, sp. n............................................................................... 84
Scelio gemo Yoder, sp. n............................................................................... 86
Scelio grunnio Yoder, sp. n........................................................................... 88
Scelio latro Yoder, sp. n................................................................................ 91
Scelio mutio Yoder, sp. n.............................................................................. 93
Scelio susurro Yoder, sp. n............................................................................ 95
Scelio tono Yoder, sp. n................................................................................. 98
Scelio tristis Nixon..................................................................................... 100
Additional unplaced howardi-group species..................................................... 102
Scelio effervesco Yoder, sp. n........................................................................ 102
Scelio destico Yoder, sp. n........................................................................... 104
Scelio memorabilis Yoder, sp. n................................................................... 107
Scelio philippinensis Ashmead.................................................................... 109
Scelio pipilo Yoder, sp. n............................................................................. 111
Scelio ipomeae species group...................................................................... 113
Scelio aurantium Yoder, sp. n..................................................................... 115
Scelio impostor Yoder, sp. n........................................................................ 117
Scelio ipomeae Risbec................................................................................. 119
Scelio ntchisii Yoder, sp. n.......................................................................... 122
Scelio somaliensis Yoder, sp. n..................................................................... 124
Scelio transtrum Yoder, sp. n...................................................................... 124
Scelio irwini species group......................................................................... 127
Scelio harinhalai Yoder, sp. n..................................................................... 129
Scelio irwini Yoder, sp. n............................................................................ 132
Scelio obscuripennis Johnson, new name..................................................... 133
Scelio parkeri Yoder, sp. n.......................................................................... 138
Scelio simoni species group........................................................................ 141
Scelio simoni Yoder, sp. n........................................................................... 142
Scelio simonolus Yoder, sp. n....................................................................... 145
Scelio vannoorti Valerio & Yoder, sp. n....................................................... 145
Scelio walkeri species group............................................................................. 148
Scelio afer Kieffer....................................................................................... 152
Scelio apospastos Yoder, sp. n...................................................................... 156
Scelio clypeatus Yoder, sp. n........................................................................ 158
Scelio concavus Yoder, sp. n........................................................................ 160
Scelio erugatus Yoder, sp. n......................................................................... 162
Scelio modulus Yoder, sp. n........................................................................ 164
Scelio pilosilatus Yoder, sp. n...................................................................... 167
Scelio quasiclypeatus Yoder, sp. n................................................................ 169
Scelio remaudierei Ferrière.......................................................................... 171
Scelio retifrons Yoder, sp. n......................................................................... 173
Scelio striatus Priesner................................................................................ 175
Scelio tritus Yoder, sp. n............................................................................. 178
Acknowledgments................................................................................................. 180
References............................................................................................................. 181
Appendix 1............................................................................................................ 183
Appendix 2............................................................................................................ 183
Appendix 3............................................................................................................ 184
Endnotes............................................................................................................... 184
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