Eudiospilus Szépligeti, 1914

Zhang, Y. Miles & Sharanowski, Barbara J., 2014, New species of Eudiospilus (Braconidae, Brachistinae) from Madagascar with a review of the genus and key to species, Zootaxa 3838 (1), pp. 120-126 : 121

Eudiospilus Szépligeti

Diagnosis. Eudiospilus is distinguished from all other diospiline genera by fore wing veins 3RSa at least 1.2x the length of 2RS, 2M equal to or 0.9x the length of 2RS, and the slightly incurved r-m crossvein at the posterior end of the vein ( Fig. 7 ). Superficially, Eudiospilus and Schauinslandia Ashmead are similar in general appearance as members of both genera have large subquadrate heads, thickened antennae, and are similar in general coloration. The latter, however, is restricted to Australasia ( Ashmead 1900) and the rectangular shape of the second submarginal cell in Eudiospilus is synapomorphic for the genus and different from the upside-down trapezoid (2M 0.8x shorter than 2RS) shape found in species of Schauinslandia. The geographic separation, morphological differences, and molecular results from Sharanowski et al. (2011) justify the retention of Eudiospilus as a distinct genus rather than a junior synonym of Schauinslandia.

Figures

FIGURES 3–7. Eudiospilus conradti: 3. Frontal view of head. Inset: Line drawing of clypeal margin. 5. Propodeum. Arrow: median furrow. Inset: Median furrow shape. 7. Fore wing. E. rubrumbarus: 4. Frontal view of head. Inset: Line drawing of clypeal margin. 6. Propodeum (paratype).