Genus Leptacis Förster, 1856

Figs 10–11

Leptacis Förster, 1856: 107, 112–113. Type species Ichneumon tipulae Kirby, 1798 by subsequent designation by Ashmead 1893: 270.

Xestonotus Förster, 1856: 107, 112. Type species Xestonotus andriciphilus Ashmead, 1887 by first subsequent inclusion.

Miramblyaspis Dodd, 1914: 91 . Type species Miramblyaspis mirabilis Dodd, 1914 by monotypy.

Tricholeptacis Kieffer, 1914: 357 . Type species Amblyaspis verticillatus Ashmead, 1894 by monotypy and original designation.

Proleptacis Kieffer, 1926: 632, figs 254–257. Type species Leptacis foersteri Kieffer, 1914 by original designation.

Prosamblyaspis Kieffer, 1926: 610, fig. 248. Type species Amblyaspis flavosignatus Kieffer, 1912 by monotypy.

Anacoryphe Debauche, 1947: 274–278, figs 19–21. Type species Anacoryphe orchymonti Debauche, 1947 by monotypy and original designation.

Mandraka Risbec, 1953: 343, 344, figs 22, 23, 25. Type species Mandraka pauliani Risbec, 1953 by monotypy.

Xestonotus Förster, 1856 – Ghesquière 1948: 44.

Proleptacis Kieffer, 1926 – Masner 1960: 3.

Mandraka Risbec, 1953 – Masner 1960: 3.

Tricholeptacis Kieffer, 1914 – Masner 1965: 135.

Prosamblyaspis Kieffer, 1926 – Masner 1965: 134.

Miramblyaspis Dodd, 1914 – Huggert 1976: 220.

Anacoryphe Debauche, 1947 – Kozlov 1978: 660, 661.

Remarks

Förster described Leptacis on the basis of a long and pointed mesoscutellar spine, ocular ocellar length (OOL) less than lateral ocellar length (LOL), and four-segmented clava in the female. The type species of Leptacis is Ichneumon tipulae Kirby, 1798, the type specimen of which is in the NHMUK. The NHMW includes paralectotypes of L. scutellaris Thomson, 1859 and L. torispinula Huggert, 1980 . Huggert (1980) synonymized L. scutellaris with L. tipulae . Vlug (1985) synonymized L. torispinula with L. nydia (Walker, 1835) .

One specimen of Platygaster spinigera Nees, 1834 (NHMW-HYM#0005297), identified by Förster, rightfully belongs to Leptacis and the label on this specimen is consistent with Nees’s style (Graham 1988). However, another specimen identified as P. spinigera in NHMW (NHMW-HYM#0005298) belongs to Synopeas . Based on the authenticity of the label, we consider the former specimen to be part of the syntype series and the latter specimen to be misidentified. We here designate NHMW-HYM#0005297 as the lectotype of Platygaster spinigera Nees, 1834 and transfer it to Leptacis .