Acrodactyla Haliday, 1838

Pham, Nhi Thi, Broad, Gavin R., Matsumoto, Rikio & Böhme, Wolfgang, 2012, First record of the genus Acrodactyla Haliday (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Pimplinae) from Vietnam, with descriptions of six new species, Zootaxa 3207, pp. 40-53 : 41

Acrodactyla Haliday, 1838

Barypus Haliday in Curtis, 1837: 37. Type-species: Barypus degener Haliday, 1837 by subsequent designation (Westwood, 1840). Junior homonym of Barypus Laporte, 1835 .

Acrodactyla Haliday, 1838: 117 . Replacement name for Barypus Haliday

Diagnosis. Eyes with minute hairs; clypeus convex, separated from face by a groove more or less distinct; mandible narrow, tapered to apex, upper tooth slightly longer than the lower; pronotum in profile moderately long, mediodorsally flat or slightly concave, epomia strong, extending from ventral nearly to dorsal margin; mesoscutum with sharp vertical carina on each side of median lobe anteriorly, lateral ridge of mesoscutum forming flange near tegula; notauli strong and long, convergent posteriorly in shallow hollow; propodeum usually with carinae, propodeal spiracle round, nearly touching pleural carina; fore wing with areolet absent; hind wing with first abscissa of Cu 1 when present always longer than vein cu-a; metasoma insertion separated from hind coxal cavities by strong sclerotized bridge; tergites 2–4 with rhombic, polished area more or less convex; lower valve of ovipositor with distinct swollen base, slightly swollen medially, tapered to sharp point.

Townes & Townes (1960), Townes (1969) and Gauld & Dubois (2006) grouped the Acrodactyla species into species groups, and all six Vietnamese species fit readily within these groups.