Foenatopus Smith, 1861

Ge, Si-Xun, Ren, Li-Li & Tan, Jiang-Li, 2021, Description of a new species of Foenatopus Smith (Hymenoptera, Stephanidae), with a key to the species from Vietnam, Journal of Hymenoptera Research 88, pp. 71-83 : 71

Genus Foenatopus Smith, 1861

Foenatopus Smith, 1861: 58. Type species (by monotypy): Stephanus indicus Westwood, 1841.

Diastephanus Enderlein, 1905: 473. Type species: Stephanus flavomaculatus Enderlein, 1901. Synonymized by Benoit, 1956.

Neostephanus Kieffer, 1904: 1-4. Type species (by monotypy): Neostephanus alluaudi Kieffer, 1904. Synonymized by Narendran et al. (2001).

Diagnosis.

Small to medium size. Temple always with pale yellowish streak behind eye. Neck emarginate anteriorly, finely striate, pronotal fold absent; reduced venation with vein 2-CU1 of fore wing always less developed, but sometimes complete; veins 2-SR and 2-SR+M of fore wing absent; vein 1-SR absent or faintly developed; hind tibia distinctly narrowed and compressed basally, outer side usually without fine oblique striae; hind tarsus with three tarsomeres in the female, while five in the male.

Distribution.

Afrotropical, Neotropical, Palaearctic and Oriental.