Curtisella
A moderate genus with 12 species [1].
Marsh [2] had synonymized the genus Curtisella with the genus Subcurtisella Roman, 1924. But Belokobylskij [3] considers the latter as a valid genus. Waiting for the studies required to clarify their respective positions, we follow Marsh [4].
The synonyms currently recognized are:
Neorhyssa Szépligeti, 1902 (synonymized by Roman in 1924)
Lissophrymnus Cameron, 1911 (synonymized by Roman in 1924)
Polystenoides Muesebeck, 1950 (synonymized by Marsh in 1971)
Subcurtisella Roman, 1924 (synonymized by Marsh in 1973)
References
- , “Taxapad 2012, Ichneumonoidea 2011. Database on flash-drive.”. www.taxapad.com, Ottawa, Canada., 2012.
- , “New synonyms and new combinations in North American Doryctinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae).”, Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences, vol. 63(2), pp. 69-72, 1973.
- , “[On the classification and phylogeny of the braconid wasps subfamilies Doryctinae and Exothecinae (Hymenoptera, Braconidae) Part 1. On the classification.]”, Entomologicheskoye Obozreniye, vol. 71, no. 4, pp. 900-927, 1992.
- , The Doryctinae of Costa Rica (excluding the genus Heterospilus), vol. 70, 1 vol. Gainsville, Fl.: American Entomological Institute, 2002, p. 319.
Unknown.
Moderate to large size, 5-15 mm; mesoscutum not declivous anteriorly, on nearly same plane as pronotum; pronotal collar lengthened, with transverse median carina or raised bump; occipital carina meeting hypostomal carina; head usually with white or yellow spot on malar space; wings long and slender, fore wing vein r-m present, first subdiscal cell open at apex, hind wing vein M+CU about 0.75 length of vein 1M, stigma present in hind wing of male; hind coxa with distinct basal tooth; metasoma long and slender, first tergum usually more than twice as long as apical width, basal sternal plate of first metasomal segment 0.25 length of tergum, dorsope large and deep, eighth tergum exposed, long and extended [1].
References
- , The Doryctinae of Costa Rica (excluding the genus Heterospilus), vol. 70, 1 vol. Gainsville, Fl.: American Entomological Institute, 2002, p. 319.
It is distinguished by its long and narrow body, usually long and petiolate first metasomal segment and the characteristic yellow or white spot on malar space in many species.
Nearctic, Neotropical.