Pseudosyngaster
A small genus with 5 species described [1].
References
- , “Taxapad 2012, Ichneumonoidea 2011. Database on flash-drive.”. www.taxapad.com, Ottawa, Canada., 2012.
Recorded as hosts of Buprestidae and Colydiidae [1].
References
- , “Systematics, distribution and diversity of the Australasian doryctine wasps (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Doryctinae).”, Records of the South Australian Museum Monograph Series, vol. 8, pp. 1-150, 2004.
Head subcubical or slightly transverse; ocelli in almost equilateral triangle; eyes glabrous or with very short sparse setae, with very small emargination opposite antennal sockets; occipital carina present complete; postgenal bridge narrow; palpi formula 6-4; scape long and flattened laterally, with large apical lobe, marginated double carinae, which is widely separated, with basal constriction (frontal view); first flagellar segment weakly curved or straight, almost as long as second segment, sometimes longer or shorter than it; mesosoma not depressed or slightly depressed; neck of promesosoma short and unmodified; pronotal keel distinct; anterior mesonotum subvertical , strongly raised above pronotum; median lobe of mesoscutum without anterolateral corners; notauli deep, more shallow in posterior half, complete; sternaulus deep, long, almost straight, and smooth; prepectal carina distinct and wide; propodeum usually without marginated areas, lateral tubercles absent; propodeal bridge absent; fore tibia with several distinct spines arranged in single or almost single row; hind coxa with basoventral corner, with or without more or less distinct teeth; all femora without dorsal protuberances; hind basitarsus 0.8-1 times as long as segments 2-5 combined; fore wing r arising almost from middle of pterostigma; marginal cell slightly shortened; 2RS and r-m present; 1m-cu antefurcal; 1cu-a interstitial or slightly postfurcal; 3CU not interstitial, arising from posterior 1/4-1/5 of distal margin of first subdiscal cell; first subdiscal cell closed; hind wing SC+R and cu-a present; basal cell widened distally; m-cu present, oblique, directed toward base of wing; first metasomal tergite short and wide, with distinct dorsope and small basolateral processes; acrosternite 0.15-0.2 times as long as tergite; second suture wide and almost straight; second tergite without furrows or defined area; third tergite with distinct weakly curved transverse submedian furrows or without them; spiracles of the second tergite situated on its anterior dorsal part; ovipositor longer than metasoma, usually as long as body [1].
References
- , “Systematics, distribution and diversity of the Australasian doryctine wasps (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Doryctinae).”, Records of the South Australian Museum Monograph Series, vol. 8, pp. 1-150, 2004.
It is distinguished from Arkoola by the second tergite without convergent furrows posteriorly, fine subparallel carinae or tracks rarely present, the hind coxa with distinct anteroventral corner and tooth, the anterior mesonotum subvertical (or rarely curved) above pronotum [1]. It differs from Syngaster in the second metasomal tergite lacking a semicircular basal area, the metapleuron being coarsely rugose-reticulate, and the metasoma lacking any white coloration [2].
References
- , “Systematics, distribution and diversity of the Australasian doryctine wasps (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Doryctinae).”, Records of the South Australian Museum Monograph Series, vol. 8, pp. 1-150, 2004.
- , “Systematics of the Australasian endemic wasp genus Syngaster Brulle (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Doryctinae).”, Journal of Natural History, vol. 40, no. 13-14, pp. 819-853, 2006.
Australasian.