Genus Apechthis Foerster, 1869

Ephialtes Schrank, 1802: 316. Name suppressed. [Type species: Ichneumon compunctor Linnaeus, 1758]

Apechthis Förster, 1869: 164. [Type species: Ichneumon rufatus Gmelin, 1790]

Apechtis Thomson, 1889: 1410. Emendation.

Parapechthis Blanchard, 1936: 404. [Type species: Parapechthis bazani Blanchard, 1936]

Taiwatheronia Sonan, 1936: 256. [Type species: Taiwatheronia mahasenae Sonan, 1936 (= Apechthis taiwana Uchida, 1928)]

Remarks.

Morphologically, this genus can easily be distinguished from other genera of Pimplini by the yellow face of the male, the mandibular teeth of equal length, the strongly notched inner margin of the eye, the non-divided clypeus (Fig. 5), and the hook-like (apically down-curved) ovipositor tip (Fig. 16) (Townes 1969).