Diachasmimorpha Viereck, 1913

Li, Xi-Ying, Achterberg, Cornelis van & Tan, Ji-Cai, 2013, Revision of the subfamily Opiinae (Hymenoptera, Braconidae) from Hunan (China), including thirty-six new species and two new genera, ZooKeys 268, pp. 1-186 : 35

Diachasmimorpha Viereck, 1913

? Trigonospilus Ashmead, 1900a: 134. Type species (by original designation): Trigonospilus hopkinsi Ashmead, 1900 [type lost?].

Diachasmimorpha Viereck, 1913b: 641. Type species (by original designation): Diachasmimorpha comperei Viereck, 1913 [? = Diachasmimorpha albobalteata (Cameron, 1912)].

Parasteres Fischer, 1967: 3. Type species (by original designation): Biosteres acidusae Fischer, 1967 (= Opius tryoni Cameron, 1911).

Diagnosis.

Face without tubercles; antenna with 35-67 segments; clypeus evenly curved ventrally, at most widely triangularly protruding, usually narrower, or longer, not impressed; no distinct hypoclypeal depression, at most with a narrow slit; mandible usually comparatively short and wide; occipital carina near level of middle of eye straight or nearly so, without transverse carina or crest; clypeus more or less convex and comparatively high; scapus, fore coxa and trochanter at most weakly compressed; epistomal suture without large depressions; scutellar sulcus usually rather wide; postpectal carina completely absent; vein 2-SR of fore wing present, rarely absent; first subdiscal cell of fore wing at least partly closed by vein 3-CU1 postero-apically; vein cu-a of hind wing nearly always present; vein 3-SR of fore wing shorter than vein 2-SR; if subequal then vein m-cu of hind wing present as a weakly pigmented trace and precoxal sulcus absent; vein 1-M of fore wing more or less curved posteriorly, but sometimes nearly straight; vein m-cu of fore wing slightly postfurcal; length of fore wing usually more than 3 mm; fourth tergite (at least partly) exposed; third tergite (largely) smooth; ovipositor long, usually as long as fore wing or longer.

Biology.

Parasitoids of Tephritidae .

Distribution.

Cosmopolitan, but no species known from Northwest Europe.