Zaommomentedon Girault, 1915

Jamali, M. M. & Zeya, S. B., 2021, First record of the genus Zaommomentedon Girault, 1915 (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) from India, with description of a new species, Far Eastern Entomologist 428, pp. 1-7 : 2-3

Genus Zaommomentedon Girault, 1915

Zaommomentedon Girault, 1915: 187 . Type species: Zaommomentedon mandibularis

Girault, 1915, by original designation.

Visnuella Hedqvist, 1976: 5 l. Type species: Visnuella nepticulae Hedqvist, 1976 , by original designation. Synonymized by Kamijo, 1990: 816.

DIAGNOSIS. FEMALE. Head broader than mesosoma; mandible with 6 small teeth ( Fig. 5 ); eye large and pubescent, covering almost complete height of head.

Antenna with funicle 3-segmented and clava 2-segmented; last claval segment with a long spicula. Pronotum collar with a sharp margin; notauli well developed; mesoscutum and scutellum smooth, both with a conspicuous median groove ( Figs 7, 8 );

propodeum smooth, without median carina; postmarginal vein longer than stigmal vein; gaster short and ovate with elongate petiole ( Fig. 9 ). MALE. Scape short and broad; flagellum has much longer pilosity than in the female ( Fig. 10 ).

COMPOSITION. Until now this genus includes five species distributed in

Congo, Nigeria, Israel, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Japan, Papua New Guinea,

and Australia. One new species from India is described below.

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Figures

Figs 4–10. Zaommomentedon giraulti sp. n. 4–9 – holotype female: 4 – head, frontal