Amblyaspis Förster, 1856

Awad, Jessica, Krogmann, Lars & Talamas, Elijah, 2023, Illuminating a Dark Taxon: Revision of European Trichacis Förster (Hymenoptera Platygastridae) reveals a glut of synonyms, Zootaxa 5278 (3), pp. 563-577 : 572

Genus Amblyaspis Förster, 1856

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Amblyaspis Förster, 1856: 107 , 112. Type species Platygaster tritici Walker, 1835 by subsequent designation by Vlug 1995: 12.

Diagnosis. Mesoscutellum evenly setose, forming a cone in dorsal view ( Figs 4B, C ); antennal clava composed of articulated (A7–A8) and “semicompact” (A9–A10) segments (Fig. A).

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FIGURE 4. Selected type specimens of Trichacis; A. T. tristis, neotype female, anterior head; B. T. tristis, neotype female, lateral habitus; C. Platygaster didas, lectotype male, dorsal habitus; D. P. pisis, lectotype male, dorsal habitus; E. P. remulus, lectotype male, dorsal habitus; F. T. vitreus, holotype female, dorsal habitus; G. T. nosferatus, holotype female, lateral habitus; H. T. weiperti, holotype female, anterior head and antenna; I. T. striata Masner, holotype female, lateral habitus image by J. Mackey, CNCI.

FIGURE 5. Specimens from HNHM. A. Amblyaspis afurcata, holotype female, lateral habitus; B. Amblyaspis hungarica, holotype female, dorsal habitus; C. Amblyaspis pannonica, holotype female, dorsal habitus; D. Amblyaspis tatika, holotype female, dorsal habitus; E. T. tristis male, lateral habitus, from collecting event of T. hajduica; F. T. tristis male, lateral habitus, from collecting event of T. fusciala; G. T. tristis female, dorsal habitus, from collecting event of T. hajduica.