Gravenhorst, 1829 : 449 Arotes albicinctus Gravenhorst Asthenomeris nigricoxis Förster, 1888 Sphalerus bifasciatus Kriechbaumer albicinctus Retanisia facialis Cameron Revision of the genus Arotes Gravenhorst (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Acaenitinae) from Japan Ito, Masato Watanabe, Kyohei Maeto, Kaoru Zootaxa 2014 3893 2 196 208 3363 524789 Gravenhorst, 1829 Gravenhorst 1829 [238,557,1662,1688] Insecta Ichneumonidae Arotes Animalia Hymenoptera 2 198 Arthropoda genus     Arotes  Gravenhorst, 1829: 449. Type:  Arotes albicinctusGravenhorst, by monotypy.  Asthenomeris Förster, 1869: 168. Type:  Asthenomeris nigricoxisFörster, 1888, by subsequent inclusion by Schmiedeknecht (1888). Synonymized by Townes et al. (1965).  Sphalerus Kriechbaumer, 1878: 41. Type:  Sphalerus bifasciatusKriechbaumer(=  albicinctus), by monotypy.  Retanisia  Cameron, 1886: 299. Type:  Retanisia facialis Cameron, by monotypy. Synonymized by Townes & Townes (1960).  Diagnoses.Head: 0.6–0.7 times as long as wide in dorsal view. Clypeus sparsely punctate, with transverse median ridge, its lower margin slightly concave with weak median projection ( Figs 1–3). Frons punctate, with a median longitudinal carina ( Figs 1–3). Subocular groove present ( Figs 1–3). Mandible transversely striate except for apex ( Figs 1–3). Vertex and gena weakly and sparsely punctate. Occiput smooth. Occipital carina complete. Mesoscutum sparsely punctate, with notaulus. Scutellum weakly convex in lateral view, sparsely punctate. Propodeum strongly carinate and polished. Propodeal spiracle elongate. Fore wing without areolet ( Figs 10–12), with vein cu-aconnected with vein M+cu( Figs 10–12), and with vein rs-mcross-vein distad or opposite vein 2 mcu( Figs 10–12). Hindwing with vein cu-aintercepted near middle ( Figs 10–12). Hindtarsal claws with one accessory tooth near apex of claw ( Figs 7–9). Basal convexity of S1 covered with some erect setae ( Figs 4–6).