Meggoleus Townes, 1971

Type species: Meggoleus spirator Townes, 1971 .

The genus is immediately recognized by the huge propodeal spiracles (Fig. 19, 20), a character almost unique in ichneumonids (similar spiracles are otherwise only found in a few south-east Asian species of Plectiscus Gravenhorst (Orthocentrinae) and Syzeuctus Förster (Banchinae); Broad pers. obs.). It seems to be most closely related to Allophrys as both genera are structurally rather similar and possess a strongly reclivous vein cu 1& cu-a of the hind wing (subvertical to moderately reclivous in other tersilochines).

Meggoleus is a small tropical genus with one widely distributed Neotropical species, extending from Guatemala to Southern Brazil, and one species in Equatorial Africa (Khalaim 2007). The former species, M. spirator, is found in Costa Rica. Hosts are unknown.