Arthula Cameron

Ubaidillah, Rosichon, Yamaguchi, Goshi & Kojima, Jun-Ichi, 2009, A new Arthula Cameron (Ichneumonidae, Cryptinae) parasitoid of Ropalidia plebeiana Richards (Vespidae) and host of Amoturoides breviscapus Girault (Torymidae) (Hymenoptera), Zootaxa 2274, pp. 45-50 : 46

Genus Arthula Cameron

Arthula Cameron, 1900 . Type species: Arthula brunneocornis Cameron, 1900 , by monotypy.

Orientocryptus Uchida, 1931. Type species: Orientocryptus formosanus Uchida, 1931 , by original designation. Kuniocryptus Sonan, 1937. Type species: Orientocryptus flavofasciatus Uchida, 1931, by original designation.

The genus Arthula is one of three closely related genera forming the subtribe Sphecophagina , and is characterized by the basal transverse carina of propodeum being strong, and the short and broad 2r-m of the forewing being opposite or slightly basad of 2m-cu (also see Townes et al. 1965, Gauld 1984). Three valid species have been previously recognized in the genus: A. brunneocornis Cameron , from India, A. formosanus (Uchida) , from Taiwan, and A. flavofasciata (Uchida) , known as a parasitoid on paper wasps of the genus Polistes in Taiwan and Japan.