Revision of the family Chalcididae (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea) from Vietnam, with the description of 13 new species
Author
Narendran, T. C.
Author
van Achterberg, Cornelis
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ZooKeys
2016
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.576.8177
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.576.8177
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Taxon
classification Animalia Hymenoptera Chalcididae
Tanycoryphus Cameron, 1905
Figs 195, 196, 197-199
Tanycoryphus
Cameron, 1905: 313. Type species:
Tanycoryphus sulcifrons
Cameron, by monotypy.
Sabatius
Masi, 1929a: 163. Type species:
Sabatius ater
Masi, by monotypy. Synonymised with
Tanycoryphus
by
Steffan (1957)
.
Malambrunia
Masi, 1929a: 169. Type species:
Malambrunia merisicornis
Masi, by monotypy. Synonymised with
Tanycoryphus
by
Steffan (1950)
.
Diagnosis.
The genus resembles the extralimital genera
Chirocera
Latreille, 1825, and
Tanyotorthus
Steffan, 1955, in general appearance, but differs from them in having PMV relatively shorter (in
Chirocera
and
Tanyotorthus
PMV 4-5
x
longer) and in having pre- and post-orbital carinae present (pre- and post-orbital carinae indistinct in
Chirocera
and
Tanyotorthus
).
Description.
Clava narrowed towards apex; fore tibia swollen; tip of hind tibia with a characteristic outer spur and outer carina; postscutellum with characteristic rugae. MV at the wing margin; PMV and STV present.
Hosts.
Unknown.
Distribution.
Asia and Africa.
Figure 195.
Tanycoryphus masii
sp. n., ♀, holotype, habitus lateral.
Figure 196.
Tanycoryphus masii
sp. n., ♀, holotype, head anterior.
Figures 197-199.
Tanycoryphus masii
sp. n., ♀, holotype. 197 fore leg posterior 198 metanotum (postscutellum) dorsal 199 antenna lateral.