Leptospathius
A small genus with less than 10 species described [1]
References
- , “Taxapad 2012, Ichneumonoidea 2011. Database on flash-drive.”. www.taxapad.com, Ottawa, Canada., 2012.
Unknown.
Head subcubical; ocellar triangle with base larger than its sides; eyes glabrous; occipital carina present, reduced ventrally and not fused with hypostomal carina; postgenal bridge narrow;palpi formula 6-4; scape wide and short, without apical lobe; first flagellar segment weakly curved, shorter than second segment; neck of promesosoma long, distinctly convex dorsally; pronotal keel absent; anterior mesonotum gently curving posteriorly and slightly raised above pronotum; notauli present, wide, shallow posteriorly; sternaulus distinct, long, almost straight; prepectal carina present; propodeum without marginated areas, lateral tubercles absent; propodeal bridge developed; fore tibia with spines; hind coxa without basoventral corner and tooth; hind tibia without spines along dorsal surface; hind basitarsus about 0.9 times as long as segments 2-5 combined; fore wing marginal cell not shortened; 2RS and r-m present; 1m-cu slightly antefurcal; 1cu-a postfurcal or interstitial; 3CU not interstitial, arising form posterior 1/4-1/5 of distal margin of first subdiscal cell; first subdiscal cell closed; hind wing cu-a present; subbasal cell long; m-cu present, oblique toward base of wing; basal cell widened apically; RS arising from R; marginal cell with distinct r; in male hind wing without stigma-like enlargement; first metasomal tergite sub-petiolate, narrow and long, without dorsope; acrosternite 0.35-0.45 times as long as tergite; second suture present and straight; second tergite with distinct strongly convergent furrows, fused near middle of tergite and separating triangular basal area; ovipositor distinctly longer than metasoma, almost 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 all other Doryctinae by the presence of distinct and usually wide propodeal bridge. It differs from Australospathius and Oroceguera by the presence of ocelli and the second tergum with two more or less distinct furrows [1].
It differs from Stephanospathius by the first flagellar segment of antennae distinctly shorter than second segment, the fore femur on inner side without carinae, the hind coxa of female and male without tooth, the sternaulus present, the acrosternum of first tergum short (less than 0.5 times as long as tergum), the recurrent vein antefurcal, the pronope and pronotal carinae usually absent [1].
It differs from Schlettereriella by the frons without lateral protuberances, the base of ocellar triangle not less than its lateral sides, the lateral furrows of second metasomal tergum strongly convergent posteriorly and restricted basal subtriangular area (far spaced of second suture), the submedial cell of hind wing large (first abscissa of mediocubital vein subequal to second abscissa) and the radial cell of hind wing with more or less distinct transverse vein [1].
References
- , “Review of the genus Stephanospathius Belokobylskij, 1992 (Hymenoptera, Braconidae), with discussion of their tribal position.”, Zookeys, vol. 118, pp. 1-17, 2011.
Australasian, Oriental.