Embidobia Ashmead, 1896

Veenakumari, Kamalanathan, Kolla, Sreedevi, Sushil, Satya Nand, Samuel, Duleep Kumar, Khan, Farmanur Rahman & Mohanraj, Prashanth, 2024, Embidobia Ashmead (Hymenoptera, Platygastroidea, Scelionidae) of the Indian region with descriptions of new species, European Journal of Taxonomy 970, pp. 61-101 : 63-64

Genus Embidobia Ashmead, 1896

Embidobia Ashmead, 1896: 264 .

Type: Embidobia urichi Ashmead, 1896 , by monotypy. Keyed.

Efflatounina Priesner, 1951: 126 .

Type: Efflatounina gryontoides Priesner, 1951 , by monotypy and original designation. Synonymized by Masner (1964).

Diagnosis (based on Masner 1964, 1976)

Eyes large with dense setae. Lateral ocelli distant from inner orbits of eyes, with OOL generally shorter than median ocellar diameter, rarely exceeding it. Female antenna has 11 antennomeres with a 4 segmented clava; male antenna with 12 antennomeres. Antennal scrobe distinct. Central keel distinct extending on to interantennal process. Facial striae and malar striae generally prominent. Mesoscutum devoid of notaulus. Mesoscutellum unarmed and semicircular, sometimes extending over metascutellum. Metascutellum narrow. Propodeum visible only laterally in dorsal view. Netrion present, netrion sulcus prominent and generally indicated as transverse costae. Mesopleural carina distinct. Fore wing with submarginalis slightly dipping before reaching marginalis; in some cases submarginalis weakly broken before reaching marginalis; marginalis elongate but distinctly shorter than stigmalis except in E. sicula ; postmarginalis generally very long except in E. metoligotomae . Stout and long bristles present on the venation. Metasoma with well-developed submarginal ridge. T1 transverse, sometimes with a weak hump anteromedially in females; T1 shorter than T 2 in length in majority of species; generally T2 is longer than T3, sometimes it is either equal to or shorter than T3.

Key for identification of Embidobia (based on Masner & Dessart 1972)

1. Wings micropterous without distinct venation; habitus covered with dense silvery setae ................. ................................................................................................................. Echthrodesis Masner, 1968

– Wings macropterous; wing venation distinct; habitus with sparse setae .......................................... 2

2. Stigmalis distinctly longer than marginalis; postmarginalis as long as or longer than stigmalis; eyes longer than gena ....................................................................................... Embidobia Ashmead, 1896

– Stigmalis much shorter than marginalis; postmarginalis absent; eyes shorter than gena ................... ................................................................................................ Endecascelio Masner & Dessart, 1972

Distribution

Neotropic, Palearctic, Oriental, Australian, Afrotropical.