Ontsira
A moderate genus with less than 50 species described [1].
The synonyms actually known are :
Doryctes (Doryctodes) Hellen, 1927 (synonymized by ???? in ????)
Wachsmannia Szépligeti, 1900 (synonymized by ???? in ????)
References
- , “Taxapad 2012, Ichneumonoidea 2011. Database on flash-drive.”. www.taxapad.com, Ottawa, Canada., 2012.
Ectoparasitoids of mainly xylophagous beetle larvae of the families Anobiidae, Bostrichidae, Buprestidae, Cerambycidae (prevalently), Curculionidae, Scolytidae, Eucnemidae, Nitidulidae and Tenebrionidae [1], [2], [3], but the records of the last three families need confirmation [4].
References
- , Braconidae 9. Doryctinae., vol. 13. 1976, pp. 1263-1424.
- , “The Chinese species of the genus Ontsira Cameron (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Doryctinae)”, ZooKeys, vol. 345, pp. 73-96, 2013.
- , “Taxapad 2012, Ichneumonoidea 2011. Database on flash-drive.”. www.taxapad.com, Ottawa, Canada., 2012.
- , “Asiaontsira gen. nov., a new tropical genus of the subfamily Doryctinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from Vietnam and South-East China.”, Entomological Science, vol. 16, pp. 309-315, 2013.
Head subcubical or slightly transverse; ocellar triangle equilateral or with base larger than its sides; eyes glabrous or sometimes with short setae; occipital carina present, usually 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 not shorter than second segment; neck of promesosoma short, flat or slightly convex dorsally; pronotal keel present; anterior surface of mesonotum subvertical, distinctly raised above pronotum; notauli present, usually shallow in posterior half; sternaulus distinct, long, straight; prepectal carina present; propodeum usually with marginated areas, lateral tubercles absent or small; propodeal bridge absent; fore tibia with sparse thick spines arranges almost in single row; hind coxa with distinct basoventral corner and tooth; all femora without anterodorsal protuberances; hind basitarsus 0.5-0.8 times as long as segments 2-5 combined; fore wing marginal cell not shortened; 2RS and r-m present; 1m-cu antefurcal, rarely interstitial; 1cu-a postfurcal; 3CU arising from posterior 1/4-1/6 of apical side of first subdiscal cell; first subdiscal cell closed; hind wing cu-a present; subbasal cell long or shortened; m-cu present, oblique toward base of wing; basal cell usually widened apically; RS arising from R; marginal cell without r; first metasomal tergite not petiolate, wide, with large dorsope; acrosternite 0.2-0.3 times as long as tergite; second suture usually present, more or less straight; sometimes second suture very fine; second tergite without lateral furrows; ovipositor of different length [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.
Afrotropical, Australasian, Nearctic, Palaearctic, Oceanic, Oriental.