The validity of Hexacharis Kieffer with taxonomic notes on Anacharitinae genera (Hymenoptera: Cynipoidea: Figitidae)
Author
Restrepo, Claudia X.
Author
Ortiz, -
Author
Villar, Juli Pujade -
text
Zootaxa
2010
2400
16
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journal article
10.5281/zenodo.194064
d67879d1-4360-4cfc-9f72-05a9c29e9dd5
1175-5326
194064
Hexacharis
Kieffer, 1907
. Revised status.
Type
species:
Hexacharis flavipes
Kieffer, 1907
, by monotypy. Synonymized with
Aegilips
(
Diaz, 1986
)
.
Diagnosis.
Body length:
2.5 to 2.7 mm
. Head and mesosoma black, metasoma and antennae dark brown. Body smooth and shiny. Head in anterior view triangular-shaped, ocelli arranged in small arc, face densely setose. Male antenna with 14 flagellomeres, the third modified; female has 13 flagellomeres. Pronotum truncate, lean anteriorly, does not reach above the height of mesonotum. Mesopleuron smooth and shiny, sometimes slightly or strongly carinate in the middle or with a groove. Scutum and scutellum smooth and shiny, notaulus incomplete, scutellar foveae not defined. Propodeum sculpture with two distinct lateral carinae.
Near to
Anacharis
and
Aegilips
, the main difference being the scutellar foveae which are not defined; moreover
Aegilips
differs in the scutellar shape and scutellar sculpture, rounded and completely smooth on
Hexacharis
. It is also close to
Calofigites
but
Hexacharis
has the propodeum with two parallel lateral carinae and coriaceous malar area (propodeum without this lateral carinae and smooth malar area in
Calofigites
). Finally,
Hexacharis
differs from all
Anacharitinae
genera because it is the only genus with flagellomere 3 modified in males.