Meggoleus Townes, 1971

Khalaim, Andrey, 2007, First records of Meggoleus Heterocola and Phradis (Hymenoptera Ichneumonidae Tersilochinae) from the Afrotropical region with description of four new species, African Invertebrates 48 (2), pp. 101-110 : 102

Genus Meggoleus Townes, 1971

This is a small genus that before now included only one Brazilian species, M. spirator (Townes 1971) . The genus is characterised by the exceptionally large propodeal spiracle ( Fig. 4 ), a character unknown in other ichneumonids. A further species of this genus is described below from Gabon.

Figures

Figs 1–11. Afrotropical Tersilochinae: (1) Tersilochus sp., first tergite, lateral view; (2, 3) Diaparsis spp., first tergites, lateral view; (4) Meggoleus townesi sp. n., propodeum, dorso-posterior view; (5, 10) Phradis wolfgator sp. n.: (5) propodeum, dorso-posterior view, (10) venation of hindwing; (6) Aneuclis sp., forewing; (7) Sathropterus pumilus, forewing; (8) Heterocola africana sp. n., head, lateral view; (9, 11) Allophrys spp.: (9) head, anterior view, (11) venation of hindwing.