Pseudomegischus van Achterberg, 2002

Hong, Chun-dan, van Achterberg, Cornelis & Xu, Zai-fu, 2011, A revision of the Chinese Stephanidae (Hymenoptera, Stephanoidea), ZooKeys 110, pp. 1-108 : 45

publication ID

https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.110.918

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scientific name

Pseudomegischus van Achterberg, 2002
status

 

Genus Pseudomegischus van Achterberg, 2002

Pseudomegischus Achterberg 2002: 169. Type species: Stephanus sulcifrons Schletterer, by original designation.

Diagnosis.

Temple with pale yellowish streak along eye; pronotum with weak or strong transverse protuberance; hind femur comparatively robust and less elongate, largely smooth and with some punctures, ventrally with 2 large teeth; hind tibia with a ventral carina and/or with oblique striae ventro-posteriorly, inner side of hind tibia usually with wide submedial depression, occupying entire width of tibia or depression absent; hind tarsus of female with three tarsomeres; ovipositor sheath without ivory subapical band.

Distribution:

Philippines, Indonesia, insular Malaysia, Arabian peninsula, Africa ( van Achterberg 2002).

Note:

This species is included in the generic key because it may occur in China. At present 4 species were known worldwide ( van Achterberg 2002; Aguiar 2004), but no species are known from China.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Stephanidae