Lobopterocharips Paretas-Martinez & Pujade-Villar, 2007

Ferrer-Suay, Mar, elfa, Jesus & Pujade-Villar, Juli, 2019, Keys to world Charipinae (Hymenoptera, Cynipoidea, Figitidae), ZooKeys 822, pp. 79-139 : 79

Lobopterocharips Paretas-Martinez & Pujade-Villar, 2007

Lobopterocharips Paretas-Martínez et al., 2007: 475. Type: Lobopterocharips arreplegata Paretas-Martínez & Pujade-Villar, 2007.

General features.

Head. Transversely ovate, slightly wider than high in anterior view. Smooth surface, without sculpturing or ridges. Clypeus broadly projected over mandibles, marginal inflection well defined. Epistomal sulcus and clypeo-pleurostomal lines well defined. Toruli wrinkled in inferior area. Malar impression absent (Fig. 26[4]).

Antennae. Male: 14-segmented, filiform. Antennomers completely separate, covered with sparse setae. Abundant rhinaria in all flagellomers (Fig. 26[5]).

Mesosoma. Pronotal carinae very small, only slightly indicated. Mesopleuron smooth, without wrinkles or furrows (Fig. 26[2]). Mesoscutum smooth, shiny, without notauli or other impressions, and almost with no setae. Parascutal sulcus ending anteriorly next to tegula. Scutellum evenly rounded without distinct sculpture, smooth, no foveae or sculpture on apex. Posterodorsal extensions of axillar strips present. Metascutellum not constricted, with one longitudinal medial carina. Propodeum with two narrow longitudinal carinae (Fig. 26[3]).

Forewing. With dense pubescence; marginal setae present. Radial cell completely open, large; 2r as long as Sc+R1; Rs long, curved, ending just before wing margin; R1 reaching wing margin; 2rm well defined; Cu1a, M+Cu1a, Rs+M, M veins present, slightly visible; Rs+M vein pointing to middle part of basal vein. Undulation present in apical part of posterior margin (Fig. 26[1]).

Metasoma. Proximal area with incomplete ring of setae, not present in dorsal area. T2-T3 with subequal dorsomedial lengths, covering most of metasoma.

Comments.

Until now there is only one species known of this genus, Lobopterocharips arreplegata Paretas-Martinez et al. 2007b.

Distribution.

Only known from Nepal ( Paretas-Martínez et al. 2007: 475).

Hosts.

Unknown ( Paretas-Martínez et al. 2007: 475).