Embolemus Westwood 1833
- Dataset
- Revision of Embolemidae (Hymenoptera: Chrysidoidea) from the Middle East
- Rank
- GENUS
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Arthropoda
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Hymenoptera
- family
- Embolemidae
- genus
- Embolemus
biology_ecology
Host. Parasitoids of nymphs of Cixiidae (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha, Fulgoromorpha) living in the soil and feeding on roots (Olmi et al. 2014).
diagnosis
Diagnosis (Male). Antenna filiform, first antennomere shorter or slightly longer than third antennomere (Fig. 3 A); head swollen in dorsal view (Fig. 3 F); face with two convergent longitudinal and median sutures from clypeus to antennal toruli; ocelli distinct (Fig. 3 C); labial 2 or 3 - palpomeres (Fig. 3 C); maxillary 4 or 6 - palpomeres, third maxillary palpomere broadened (Fig. 3 C); macropterous, fore wing usually with Costal (C), Radial (R), first cubital (1 Cu), and first medial (1 M) cells enclosed by pigmented veins, second cubital (2 Cu) cell almost always open, first medial (1 M) cell occasionally open (Fig. 3 B); tibial spurs formula 1 / 2 / 2 (Fig. 3 A).
distribution
Distribution. Worldwide, except Antarctica (Olmi 1996, 1997; Chény et al. 2020). World species. 39 species (Perkovsky et al. 2020; Olmi et al. 2020).
materials_examined
Type material examined. HOLOTYPE, ♂: UNITED KINGDOM, England, Yorkshire, Rev. (Reverend) G. T. Rudd (George Thomas Rudd) coll., des. H. Hilpert 1987, Embolemus ruddii Phil. Mag., W. Rudd, OUMNH.
type_taxon
Type species status. Type specimen is glued to the triangular card on its ventral side and in good condition. Left antennomeres with the last four missing.
type_taxon
Type species. Embolemus ruddii Westwood, 1833: holotype, male — Yorkshire, England, UK, OUMNH, (Figs 3 A – 3 K).
Name
- Homonyms
- Embolemus Westwood 1833
- Embolemus