Lophogaster
A small genus with only one species described [1]. It has been renamed as Ivondrovia.
References
- , “Taxapad 2012, Ichneumonoidea 2011. Database on flash-drive.”. www.taxapad.com, Ottawa, Canada., 2012.
Unknown.
Head cubical, frons concave, occipital carina present. Antenna longer than body. Mesosoma: notauli deep and smooth, median lobe of mesoscutum strongly convex, declivous anteriorly. Prescutellar sulcus wide, with one median carina. Sternaulus smooth nearly absent. Propodeum with one mediolongitudinal carina, posterior triangular area present, metapleuron well separated to the propodeum by carinate sulcus. Marginal cell of fore wing short, 1cu-a weakly postfurcal and oblique. Legs short and stout, the mid legs shortened. Femur strongly swollen, hind coxa glabrous, fore tarsi nearly twice the length of for tibia. Fore tibia with a row of short and stout spines along anterior edge. Metasoma not petiolate, more widened posteriorly than anteriorly. First tergite with median carina, second tergite with a median area heart-shaped and two diverging lateral crenulate grooves. Ovipositor long (translated from [1]).
References
- , “Braconides de Madagascar.”, Memoires de l'Institut Scientifique de Madagascar., vol. 2, no. A, pp. 1-428, 1949.
The shape of its first and second metasomal segments in addition with a vein m-cu of hind wing strongly angled to wing margin, distinguish this genus from all other Odontobraconini and Doryctinae.
Afrotropical.