First record of the genus Acrodactyla Haliday (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Pimplinae) from Vietnam, with descriptions of six new species
Author
Pham, Nhi Thi
Author
Broad, Gavin R.
Author
Matsumoto, Rikio
Author
Böhme, Wolfgang
text
Zootaxa
2012
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40
53
journal article
45350
10.5281/zenodo.210988
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1175-5326
210988
Acrodactyla
Haliday, 1838
Barypus
Haliday
in Curtis, 1837: 37. Type-species:
Barypus degener
Haliday, 1837
by subsequent designation (Westwood, 1840). Junior homonym of
Barypus
Laporte, 1835
.
Acrodactyla
Haliday, 1838: 117
. Replacement name for
Barypus
Haliday
Diagnosis.
Eyes with minute hairs; clypeus convex, separated from face by a groove more or less distinct; mandible narrow, tapered to apex, upper tooth slightly longer than the lower; pronotum in profile moderately long, mediodorsally flat or slightly concave, epomia strong, extending from ventral nearly to dorsal margin; mesoscutum with sharp vertical carina on each side of median lobe anteriorly, lateral ridge of mesoscutum forming flange near tegula; notauli strong and long, convergent posteriorly in shallow hollow; propodeum usually with carinae, propodeal spiracle round, nearly touching pleural carina; fore wing with areolet absent; hind wing with first abscissa of
Cu
1 when present always longer than vein
cu-a
; metasoma insertion separated from hind coxal cavities by strong sclerotized bridge; tergites 2–4 with rhombic, polished area more or less convex; lower valve of ovipositor with distinct swollen base, slightly swollen medially, tapered to sharp point.
Townes & Townes (1960)
,
Townes (1969)
and
Gauld & Dubois (2006)
grouped the
Acrodactyla
species into species groups, and all six Vietnamese species fit readily within these groups.