Nebulovena Pujade-Villar & Paretas-Martínez, new genus

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Type species. Nebulovena persa Pujade-Villar & Paretas-Martínez new species .

Diagnosis. Nebulovena can be distinguished from all other figitines and Melanips by the veins of the radial cell being dark nebulous (Figs 1, 2 F) (other figitines have normal, not nebulous veins (Figs 3 J,K, 4G, 5F,G)), and its subtriangular head (Fig. 2 A) (other figitines have either a rounded, oval (Figs 3 G–I), sub-quadrangular (Fig. 4 F), or (in Lonchidia) elongated head. Furthermore, Nebulovena is distinguished from Neralsia, Xyalophora and Xyalophoroides by the absence of a scutellar spine (Figs 2 D,E) (present in these genera (Figs 3 A–C,F)); from Figites Latreille, Homorus Förster, Paraschiza Weld, Sarothrioides Belizin, Sarothrus Hartig, Trischiza Förster and Zygosis Förster by having rugose sculpture on the mesoscutum (Fig. 2 E) (smooth in these genera (Figs 4 A,B, 5A,E,I)); from Seitneria Tavares by having a circumscutellar carina (arrows in Fig. 2 E); from Amphitectus Hartig, Sarothrioides and Sarothrus by having the metasoma as long as the mesosoma (Fig. 1) (metasoma as long or longer than mesosoma + head in the latter three genera (Fig. 4 E)); from Lonchidia by having large rounded scutellar foveae (Fig. 2 E), rugose sculpture on the mesoscutum + head (Figs 2 A,E), and the distal segments of the female antenna as wide as previous segments (Fig. 2 B) ( Lonchidia has one large squared scutellar fovea, though sometimes with a carina in its bottom (Fig. 4 A), the mesoscutum + head mostly smooth, at most with small areas next to notauli with a very fine coriaceous sculpture (Fig. 4 A), and the distal segments of the female antenna very enlarged (Fig. 4 D)); and from Melanips by the absence of an areolet from the forewing (Fig. 2 F) and having a circumscutellar carina (arrows in Fig. 2 E) ( Melanips has an areolet partly defined by spectral or nebulous veins (Fig. 4 G) and lacks a circumscutellar carina (Fig. 4 C)).

Description. See description of type species below.

Etymology. The generic name Nebulovena means “nebulous vein” in Latin. Gender is feminine.