Myiocephalus Marshall, 1898

Tan, Jiangli, Achterberg, Cornelis Van, Tian, Xiaoxia & Zhang, Ruonan, 2019, Revision of Myiocephalus Marshall (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Euphorinae), with description of one new species, Zootaxa 4700 (1), pp. 117-131 : 118

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4700.1.6

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scientific name

Myiocephalus Marshall, 1898
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Myiocephalus Marshall, 1898 View in CoL View at ENA

Figs 1–57 View FIGURES 1–2 View FIGURES 3–13 View FIGURES 14–16 View FIGURES 17–20 View FIGURES 21–30 View FIGURES 31–35 View FIGURES 36–38 View FIGURES 39–50 View FIGURES 51–54 View FIGURES 55–57

Loxocephalus Foerster, 1863: 252 (not Loxocephalus Eberhard, 1862 ). Type species (by monotypy): Loxocephalus longipes Foerster, 1863 [= Myiocephalus boops ( Wesmael, 1835) View in CoL ]. Unavailable name.

Myiocephalus Marshall View in CoL [in André], 1898: 218; Chen & van Achterberg 1997: 74; Belokobylskij 2000: 372. Type species (by monotypy): Microctonus boops Wesmael, 1835 .

Spilomma Morley, 1909: 211 . Type species (by monotypy): Spilomma falconivibrans Morley, 1909 [= Myiocephalus boops ( Wesmael, 1835) View in CoL ]. Synonymised with Myiocephalus Marshall View in CoL by Muesebeck (1936).

Short diagnosis. Laterope large, deep and submedially situated in slender first tergite ( Figs 7 View FIGURES 3–13 , 44 View FIGURES 39–50 ); head in dorsal view strongly transverse and usually slightly concave anteriorly ( Figs 10 View FIGURES 3–13 , 27 View FIGURES 21–30 , 47 View FIGURES 39–50 ); eyes enlarged and protruding ( Figs 26 View FIGURES 21–30 , 46 View FIGURES 39–50 ); clypeus rather narrow ( Fig. 26 View FIGURES 21–30 ); scapus normal, slightly or not enlarged and subequal to or shorter than third antennal segment ( Fig. 13 View FIGURES 3–13 ); maxillary and labial palpi with 5 and 3 segments, respectively; vein 1-SR+M of fore wing absent ( Fig. 3 View FIGURES 3–13 ); vein 1-R1 longer than pterostigma; vein M+CU1 largely unsclerotised; middle and hind legs elongated ( Figs 1 View FIGURES 1–2 , 17 View FIGURES 17–20 , 36 View FIGURES 36–38 ); metasoma of ♀ strongly compressed ( Figs 17, 19, 20 View FIGURES 17–20 ) with fifth sternite of ♀ fingerlike protruding posteriorly ( Figs 1 View FIGURES 1–2 , 8 View FIGURES 3–13 , 20 View FIGURES 17–20 , 37 View FIGURES 36–38 ); hypopygium of ♀ with long setae apically ( Figs 8 View FIGURES 3–13 , 37 View FIGURES 36–38 ) or hypopygium medially membranous ( Fig. 25 View FIGURES 21–30 ).

Biology. Unknown.

Distribution. Holarctic (four species).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Braconidae

Loc

Myiocephalus Marshall, 1898

Tan, Jiangli, Achterberg, Cornelis Van, Tian, Xiaoxia & Zhang, Ruonan 2019
2019
Loc

Myiocephalus

Belokobylskij, S. A. 2000: 372
Chen, X. X. & van Achterberg, C. 1997: 74
1997
Loc

Spilomma

Morley, C. 1909: 211
1909
Loc

Loxocephalus

Foerster, A. 1863: 252
1863
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