Mannokeraia van Achterberg, 1995

Achterberg, Cornelis van, Quicke, Donald L. J. & Boring, C. Andrew, 2017, A revision of the tribe Planitorini van Achterberg (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Euphorinae), with description of a new genus from Australia, ZooKeys 718, pp. 35-64 : 35-37

Mannokeraia van Achterberg, 1995 Figs 1, 2-11, 12-16, 17-27, 28, 29-38, 39-44, 45, 46-55

Mannokeraia van Achterberg, 1995: 96-97.

Type species.

Mannokeraia aptera van Achterberg, 1995 (examined).

Diagnosis.

Antenna of ♀ with 16-20 segments, and segments of apical half moniliform (Figs 11, 19, 38), of ♂ with 31-32 segments and segments much longer than wide (Figs 12, 44); clypeus strongly transverse and with steep ventral face, usually with transverse space between clypeus and closed mandibles (Figs 34, 52); absent in M. aptera : Fig. 23); head transverse and enlarged behind eyes (Figs 9, 17, 35, 43, 53); pronotal collar reaching level of mesoscutum in wingless females (Fig. 19), but much lower in macropterous specimens (Figs 3, 47); notauli reduced or united posteriorly (Figs 31, 41, 48); mesosternal sulcus distinct and crenulate; postpectal carina distinct medio-ventrally (but not visible in M. aptera ); fore tibia of ♀ with distinct spines; hind coxa completely rugose; hind tibia densely striated; tarsal claws with a rounded lobe; dorsope of first tergite absent (at most weakly developed in M. albipalpis ), 2.2-2.9 times longer than its apical width and tergite weakly widened posteriorly (Figs 5, 22, 32, 49); ovipositor strongly compressed (Figs 1, 19, 20, 28); ♀ wingless (Fig. 19) or both sexes macropterous (Figs 1, 28).

Distribution.

Australia: four species.

Biology.

Unknown.

Key to species of Mannokeraia van Achterberg