Revision of the Afrotropical Phaeogenini (Ichneumonidae, Ichneumoninae), with description of a new genus and twelve new species
Author
Rousse, Pascal
Author
van Noort, Simon
Author
Diller, E.
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ZooKeys
2013
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.354.5968
journal article
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.354.5968
1313-2970-354-1
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Lusius Tosquinet, 1903
Mesochorischnus
Heinrich, 1938
Diagnosis.
Lusius
is also a very distinct genus of
Phaeogenini
, close to
Heterischnus
. It can be separated from other genera in the tribe by the combination of the following characters: head hemispherical; mandible unidentate and falcate; basal flagellar segments slender and long; vertex long and slightly convex behind ocelli; occipital and hypostomal carinae joining at mandibular base; notaulus complete, ending posteriorly in a median depression; fore wing with areolet open, hind wing with distal abscissa of Cu1 absent; gastrocoelus long with thyridium faint; ovipositor extending beyond apex of metasoma; male with gonoforceps
mesochorine-like
, i.e. expanded into elongate process (
Tosquinet 1903
,
Baltazar 1964
;
Diller 2006
).
Species
richness and distribution.
The genus is represented by seven species in the Afrotropical, Neotropical and Oriental regions, with one Afrotropical species. We describe here a new species from Uganda.