Rasnichneumon, Kopylov & Zhang & Zhang, 2021

Kopylov, Dmitry S., Zhang, Qi & Zhang, Hai-Chun, 2021, The Darwin wasps (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) of Burmese amber, Palaeoentomology 4 (6), pp. 592-603 : 595

Genus Rasnichneumon gen. nov.

LSID: urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:D8DE145A-BF06-45AE-96E6-959FBD05CB76

Type species. Rasnichneumon alexandri sp. nov.

Included species. Rasnichneumon alexandri sp. nov. and R. gracilis sp. nov.

Etymology. The genus is named in honor of Professor Alexander P. Rasnitsyn. Gender masculine.

Diagnosis. Antenna filiform, with 12 flagellomeres. Fore wing with 1-Rs issuing from C+Sc+R far before pterostigmal base; areolet open, with no traces of rm, 2-Rs as long as 2+3-M, meeting at distinctly obtuse angle; 3-Cu not aligned with 2cu-a. Hind wing with 1- Rs vanishingly short, nervellus not broken, 2-Cu absent. Ovipositor 0.3–0.5× as long as fore wing, ovipositor tip serrated.

Remarks. Unique within Novichneumoninae in having antennae with 12 flagellomeres. Differs from Novichneumon and Caloichneumon in having 2-Rs as long as 2+3-M; from Heteropimpla in having areolet open and hind wing with 1-Rs vanishingly short and 2-Cu lacking.