Ortasiceros Wei, 1997

Basov, S. A., 2024, Illustrated key to the Palaearctic genera of the sawfly family Argidae (Hymenoptera: Symphyta), with taxonomic notes, Russian Entomological Journal 33 (4), pp. 466-476 : 471-472

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.15298/rusentj.33.4.08
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14722344
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scientific name	Ortasiceros Wei, 1997
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Type species: Ortasiceros zhengi Wei, 1997 .

Body size 4.2–6.1 mm. Right mandible simple, without basal tooth. Labial palps with 3 segments, maxillary palps with 5 segments. Antennae of males bifurcate. Fore wings with 4 cells Rs; cell R open; vein Sc present; vein B of fore wing joins vein R well before (longer than vein Sc) junction point of vein M; cell 2A of fore wing obliterate. Cell A of hind wing widely open. Cenchri very large. Fore tibial spurs about two thirds the length of fore basitarsus; claw simple. For additional generic characters, see Wei [1997].

The genus is distributed in the Palaearctic (East) region. Number of species: World and Palaearctic — 6. For a key to Ortasiceros species, see Wei [1997].

References

Wei M. 1997. Taxonomical studies on Argidae (Hymenoptera) of China - A new genus and five new species of sterictiphorinae // Insect Science. Vol. 4. No. 4. P. 295 - 305.