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
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Gravenhorst, 1829
Gravenhorst
1829
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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).