Two new species of genus Ateleute Foerster (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Cryptinae) with a key to the Oriental species
Author
Sheng, Mao-Ling
Author
Broad, Gavin R.
Author
Sun, Shu-Ping
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ZooKeys
2011
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.141.1912
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.141.1912
1313-2970-141-53
Ateleute
Foerster
, 1869
Ateleute
Foerster
, 1869. Verhandlungen des Naturhistorischen Vereins der Preussischen Rheinlande und Westfalens, 25(1868): 171. Type-species:
Ateleute linearis
Foerster
.
Psychostenus
Uchida, 1955: 32. Type-species:
Psychostenus minusculae
Uchida.
Talorga
Cameron, 1911: 63. Type-species:
Talorga spinipes
Cameron; monobasic.
Tsirirella
Seyrig, 1952: 44. Type-species:
Tsirirella tsiriria
Seyrig; designated by Townes, Townes and Gupta 1961.
Diagnosis.
Ateleute
can be distinguished from all other genera of
Cryptini
by combination of the following characters: Apical margin of clypeus sharp, truncate or co
ncave
. Lower tooth of mandible as long as or slightly longer than upper tooth. Epomia absent. Genal carina joining base of mandible or joining hypostomal carina near base of mandible. Sternaulus weak and shallow. Posterior transverse carina of mesosternum complete. Areolet large, receiving 2m-cu basal of its middle, 3rs-m absent or almost absent. Hind wing vein M+Cu strongly arched, 2-1A absent or very short. First tergum without median dorsal carina, often with longitudinal wrinkles, spiracle near its middle. Ovipositor sheath about 0.65 times as long as hind tibia. Tip of ovipositor distinctly elongate.
Host.
According to previous records (
Momoi 1977
,
Townes 1967
,
Uchida 1955
), hosts are
Cryptothelea minuscula
Butler and
Astala confederata
(Grote & Robinson) (
Psychidae
).
Key to species known in Oriental region
Astala mesorufa
|
Astala ferruginea
|
Astala densistriata
|
Astala zixiensis
|
Astala mesorufa
|
Figure 13 |
Astala spinipes
|
Figure 11 |
Astala densistriata
|