Ceratoneura Ashmead, 1849

Li, Wen-Jian & Li, Cheng-De, 2022, A new species and three newly recorded species of Tetrastichinae (Hymenoptera, Eulophidae) from China, ZooKeys 1131, pp. 197-215 : 197

Ceratoneura Ashmead, 1849

Note.

The genus Ceratoneura was erected with Ceratoneura petiolata Ashmead, 1894 as the type species by subsequent designation of Ashmead (1904). Ikeda (2001) revised of the world species of Ceratoneura in detail, describing five new species and redescribing six known species. It is a small genus with 12 species recorded worldwide ( Noyes 2019), but only one species Ceratoneura indi Girault, 1917 has been reported from China ( Ikeda 2001). This genus can be distinguished from other Tetrastichinae especially by the strongly sclerotized body and the face with conspicuous striae radiating from the mouth. The species are parasitoids of various groups of Diptera and Lepidoptera ( Bouček 1988).