Micreriodes Yoshimoto

Carl M. Yoshimoto, 1962, Hymenoptera: Eucoilinae (Cynipoidea), Insects of Micronesia 19 (3), pp. 89-107 : 96

Genus Micreriodes Yoshimoto , new genus

Female antenna 12-segmented; segments 1 and 2, 1.5 times as long as broad, 2 shorter than 1, 3 shorter than 2, 4 to 7 subequal in length, shorter than 3, together shorter than antennal club composed of five segments. Pronotal plate ovate. Forewing hyaline, pubescent, cilia very long on margin; radial cell open on front margin, twice as long as broad. Scutellar disc smooth anteriorly and punctate rugose posteriorly; lateral bar smooth. Scutellar cup elevated, surface slightly concave and polished. Prominent white, woolly patches on pronotum, propodeum, and tergite 2.

Type: Micreriodes guamensis , n. sp., by present designation.

The female Micreriodes appears to belong to the Pseudeucoila because of similar wing pattern and body characteristics, but Micreriodes has 12 antennal segments, with the third segment shorter than the second, whereas Pseudeucoila has 13 antennal segments and the third antennal segment is longer than the second. Also, the radial cell is open in Micreriodes and closed in Pseudeucoila .