Leptofoeninae

Krogmann, Lars & Burks, Roger A., 2009, Doddifoenus wallacei, a new giant parasitoid wasp of the subfamily Leptofoeninae (Chalcidoidea: Pteromalidae), with a description of its mesosomal skeletal anatomy and a molecular characterization, Zootaxa 2194, pp. 21-36 : 23

Subfamily Leptofoeninae Handlirsch

Pelecinellinae Ashmead, 1899: 201. Leptofoenidae Handlirsch, 1925: 744. Leptofoenini Bouċek, 1958: 355–356. Leptofoeninae Bouċek, 1988: 268 .

Diagnosis. Head subcubic with parascrobal crests; inner eye margins not conspicuously diverging; mesosoma, metasoma and ovipositor extremely elongate; wings with postmarginal vein longer than marginal vein, extending to apex of wing and short, sessile stigmal vein; petiole elongate, at least twice as long as wide, laterally with a row of long setae.

Genus Doddifoenus Bou ě ek

Doddifoenus Bouċek, 1988: 268 –269. Type species by original designation: Leptofoenus australiensis Dodd, 1927 .

Diagnosis. Body shiny metallic; pronotum smooth laterally; basal tarsomeres only about as long as or shorter than second tarsomeres of respective tarsi; female with metasomal tergite 9 mobile and elongate.

Key to world species of Doddifoenus Bou ě ek:

1. Profemur with small ventral spine ( Fig. 5 C); forewing lacking sclerotized spur on parastigma ................................ 2

- Profemur without ventral spine; forewing with sclerotized spur on parastigma [Australasia: Papua New Guinea] ..... ..................................................................................................................................... Doddifoenus rex Bouċek, 1988

2. Metasomal tergites without white spots ( Fig. 2 A); mesoscutellum with mesal channel ( Figs 3 E, 4A); antenna without white flagellomeres ( Fig. 2 D) [Indomalaya: Laos, Thailand] .................................... Doddifoenus wallacei sp. n.

- Metasomal tergites with conspicuous white spots; mesoscutellum without mesal channel; antenna with white flagellomeres [Australasia: Northeastern Australia]...................................... Doddifoenus australiensis (Dodd, 1927)

Figures

FIGURE 2. Doddifoenus wallacei sp. n. female paratypes. A. habitus, lateral view; B. head, anterior view; C. head, posterior view; D. antenna, lateral view. F 1 = first flagellomere.

FIGURE 3. Doddifoenus wallacei sp. n. female paratypes. A. head, lateral view; B. prothorax, lateral view; C. anterior propectus, ventrolateral view; D. prothorax, ventral view; E. mesoscutellum, dorsal view; F. mesonotum, lateral view. apx = anterior portion of preaxilla, ax = axilla, cp = cervical prominence, mch = mesal channel, no 1 = pronotum, pp = propleuron, ppx = posterior portion of preaxilla, s 1 = prosternum, sc = mesoscutum, scl = mesoscutellum.

FIGURE 5. Doddifoenus wallacei sp. n. female paratypes. A. mesosoma, lateral view; B. forewing, dorsal view; C. profemur, lateral view; D. stigmal vein, dorsal view; E. propodeum, dorsal view. cx 1 = procoxa, cx 2 = mesocoxa, cx 3 = metacoxa, mtp = metapleuron, pd = propodeum, pet = petiole, pre = prepectus, psp = propodeal spiracle.