Parastephanellus Enderlein 1906
- Dataset
- Parastephanellus Enderlein (Hymenoptera: Stephanidae) revisited, with description of two new species from China
- Rank
- GENUS
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Arthropoda
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Hymenoptera
- family
- Stephanidae
- genus
- Parastephanellus
diagnosis
Diagnosis. Temple with ivory or pale yellowish streak along eye (Figs 9, 17, 26, 29, 42, 57); occipital carina ventrally parallel to hypostomal carina (Fig. 46); neck short and comparatively robust, without pronotal fold or distinct transverse carinae medially (Figs 4, 5, 13, 36, 47); vein 2 - CU 1 of fore wing completely developed; veins 2 - SR and 2 - SR + M of fore wing present, but sometimes unsclerotized and only pigmented; vein 1 - SR of fore wing straight and more or less angled with vein 1 - M (Figs 3, 35, 62); hind coxa partly flattened dorso-laterally (Fig. 65); outer side of hind tibia with distinct oblique striae or carinae ventrally, rarely without striae or ventral carina (Figs 14, 23, 50, 61, 77); ovipositor sheath entirely black or dark brown, 1.8 – 2.9 × as long as fore wing and 0.9 – 1.8 × as long as body (Figs 43, 70); males with cylindrical pygidial process (Figs 58, 86), but absent in females (replaced by a more or less excavated and partly depressed pygidial area: Figs 54, 66, 95).
distribution
Distribution. Australasian, Oriental and Palaearctic. The distribution of Chinese species is illustrated in Fig. 100.