Hoplophaeogenes Heinrich, 1938

Pos, Davide Dal, Claridge, Brandon, Diller, Erich, Noort, Simon Van & Giovanni, Filippo Di, 2023, Still counting: new records, nomenclatural notes, and three new species of Phaeogenini (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Ichneumoninae) from the Afrotropical region, European Journal of Taxonomy 868, pp. 1-71 : 47

Hoplophaeogenes Heinrich, 1938

Hoplophaeogenes Heinrich, 1938: 125 . Type species: Hoplophaeogenes amoenus Heinrich, 1938 , by original designation.

Diagnosis

Hoplophaeogenes can easily be distinguished from the other Afrotropical genera of Phaeogenini by the following combination of characters: (1) bidentate mandibles (unidentate in Lusius and Heterischnus ); (2) thyridia and gastrocoeli indistinct (clearly present in Aethecerus , Centeterichneumon , Diadromus , Kibalus , and Tycherus ); (3) propodeal apophyses present (absent in Aethecerus , Arearia , Chauvinia , and Dicaelotus ). The genus can further be distinguished by: upper tooth of mandible much longer than lower tooth; clypeus distinctly separated from face, its ventral margin acute and irregularly convex; hypostomal and occipital carinae joining distinctly above mandibular base; flagellum of female enlarged from middle on; pronotum somewhat enlarged ventrally, epomia weak; sternaulus deeply impressed, crenulate, reaching mid-length of mesopleuron; notauli indistinct; posterior transverse carina interrupted in front of mid coxae; fore wing with areolet pentagonal, closed; hind wing with distal abscissa of CU present, unpigmented; tarsal claws simple; propodeum fully carinate ( Heinrich 1938; Rousse et al. 2013).

Remarks

The genus Hoplophaeogenes is restricted to Madagascar, and prior to this contribution, no new specimens were known. Only two species have been described so far: H. amoenus Heinrich, 1938 and H. curticornis Heinrich, 1938 .