Capitonius

Pitz, Kevin M., 2010, New taxonomic status of Foenomorpha Szépligeti as a subgenus of Capitonius Brullé (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Cenocoeliinae) including a revision of species, Zootaxa 2607, pp. 1-54 : 4

Capitonius subgenus Foenomorpha

Diagnosis. Readily distinguishable from other species of Capitonius by the following combination of characters: anterodorsal portion of pronotum produced as a curl of cuticle that projects dorsally and posterorally ( Fig. 1 A); head with vertex posterad lateral ocelli convex ( Fig. 1 B); ratio of length to width of t1 1.2–4.5.

Discussion: in this group, the curled form of the anterodorsal portion of pronotum is the proposed synapomorphy for this clade; the lateral carina bordering the antennal scrobe is incomplete ( Fig. 1 B), except in C. venustus where the lateral carina reaches the lateral ocelli; the ventral margin of the clypeus has three blunt tubercles ( Fig. 1 C), except in Capitonius flavusassumentum Pitz n. sp. where a single median tooth is present; the tarsal claws are simple, lacking a basal lobe, except in C. flavusaussumentum where a basal lobe is present.

Distribution: New World, Mexico south through Central and South America.

Figures

FIGURE 1. Diagnositc characteristics of Capitonius subgenus Foenomorpha. A, dorsal and posterior projecting curl of cuticle on anterior margin of pronotum of C. boringi; B, lateral carinae bordering antennal scrobe not reaching lateral ocelli and vertex posterad lateral ocelli convex of C. sharkeyi; C, three blunt tubercles on ventral margin of clypeus of C. bellaptera.