Genus Deuteroxorides Viereck, 1914

Deuteroxorides Viereck, 1914: 43 . Type species: Xorides albitarsus Gravenhorst, 1829 (= Ichneumon elevator Panzer, 1799), by original designation.

Diagnosis. This genus can be distinguished from other genera of Poemeniinae by the following combination of charactErs; dorsal part of gENa fiNEly aNd wEakly rugosE to fiNEly dENticulatE; clypEus small, flat, aNd suBrEctaNgular (Figs. 2, 9); apex of mandible with a single broad, chisellikE tooth; Epomia sharply dEfiNEd aBovE proNotal collar; epicnemial carina absent; tarsal claws of fore and middle legs of female with apically truncate teeth; T 1 and S1 clearly separated; T 1 with distinct lateral longitudinal carinae (Wahl & Gauld, 1998).

Distribution. Palearctic and Oriental regions.

Remarks. The mesoscutum of Palearctic species is usually partly covered with short transverse rugae (Fig 3), which resemble the character state of the genus Pseudorhyssa Merrill, 1915 . However, they can be easily distinguished from Pseudorhyssa by the character state of mandible, i.e., a single ( Deuteroxorides) tooth or double teeth ( Pseudorhyssa).