Pseudeucoila Ashmead

Carl M. Yoshimoto, 1962, Hymenoptera: Eucoilinae (Cynipoidea), Insects of Micronesia 19 (3), pp. 89-107 : 97-98

Genus Pseudeucoila Ashmead

Pseudeucoila Ashmead, 1903 , Ent. Soc. Washington, Proc. 5:2 2 2. —-Weld,

1952, Cynipoidea 1905-1950, 234.

Type: Eucoela ( Cothonaspis ) trichopsila Hartig, monobasic.

Antenna of female 13-segmented with 4- to 9-segmented club. Pronotal plate with emargination on median dorsal margin. Patch of woolly hairs on anterior lateral margin of pronotum. Scutellar disc with two large anterior pits; scutellar cup elevated and surface concave as seen from behind; lateral bar smooth. Wing hyaline, pubescent, with ciliate margin; radial cell closed. Tergite 2 with hairy ring.

The Micronesian Pseudeucoila is represented by subgenus Pseudeucoila Kieffer , and six species.

K ey to species of P seudeucoila

1. Pronotal plate ovate, 1.4 times as wide as deep...............................................7. gressitti Pronotal plate subrectangular or T-shaped (upper portion crescent-shaped)..........2

2. Pronotal plate subrectangular, rounded at corners................................ 6. rugipunctata Pronotal plate T-shaped (upper portion crescent-shaped) ........................................... 3

3. Surface of scutellar cup more or less flattened, ovate, and polished....... 11. vulgaris Surface of scutellar cup concave, not shiny; ovate or elliptic.................................... 4

4. Forewing whitish, fewer cilia at base of wing ...................................................10. weldi

Forewing brownish to yellowish, entire wing uniformly ciliate.................................. 5

5. Scutellar cup elliptic-ovate; scutellar disc punctate posteriorly................8. aequorea Scutellar cup ovate; scutellar disc rugose.......................................................9. laticauca