Priopoda Holmgren, 1856

Watanabe, Kyohei, 2023, Priopoda macrophyae (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Ctenopelmatinae), a new species of parasitoid of Macrophya satoi (Tenthredinidae), a serious pest of Japanese ash tree (Oleaceae), Zootaxa 5352 (4), pp. 594-600 : 595

Genus Priopoda Holmgren, 1856

Priopoda Holmgren, 1856: 63 . Type species: Ichneumon apicarius Geoffroy, 1785 . Designated by Horstmann (1992). Prionopoda Holmgren, 1857: 120 . Emendation.

Diagnosis. See Townes (1970), Sheng & Sun (2012) and Reshchikov (2012). In Eastern Palearctic genera of Perilissini , this genus can be separated from other genera by the combination of following character states: occipital carina reaching to base of mandible ( Fig. 3 B ); T I usually more than 2.0 × as long as maximum width, without a definite median basal depression that is bordered laterally by raised edges; posterior margin of subgenital plate with one to several median notches ( Figs 3 F, G ); apex of aedeagus curved over and ending in an adze-like blade ( Fig. 3 F ).

Distribution. Palaearctic and Oriental regions ( Yu et al. 2016).

Figures

FIGURE 3. Priopoda macrophyae sp. nov., female (holotype) and male (paratype)—A: head, lateral view; B: mandible and malar space, postero-lateral view; C: areolet of right fore wing; D: hind tarsal claw; E: propodeum, dorsal view; F: apex of metasoma, ventro-lateral view; G: posterior margin of subgenital plate; H: apex of metasoma, lateral view.