ABSTRACT
This paper reviews the Kenyan species of Euplectromorpha Girault and Euplectrus Westwood. Euplectromorpha emeljanovi Yefremova was collected from the Kenyan Highlands (Nairobi) and from an isolated patch of indigenous forest next to Lake Victoria in western Kenya. Formerly known only from Ethiopia these two collections represent the southern, most records of the species. Its collection is also the southernmost of the genus from continental Africa. Fourteen species of Euplectrus are recorded from Kenya: 11 species described by Ferrière (E. aburiensis, E. cinctiventris, E. epiplemae, E. fuscipes, E. laphygmae, E. liparidis E. nigrescens, E. nigroclypeatus, E. rufiventris, E. singularis, E turneri), E. scapus Yefremova, and two described herein as new Euplectrus icipeensis sp. n. and E. subsphaericus sp. n.). We also redescribe the females of E. nigroclypeatus and E. turneri, and the males of E. aburiensis and E. singularis. An identification key is provided for the 14 species of the genus Euplectrus found in Kenya.
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