Woldstedtius Carlson, 1979

Morishita, Shunsuke & Watanabe, Kyohei, 2022, Revision of the genus Woldstedtius Carlson, 1979 (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Diplazontinae) from Japan, Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 69 (1), pp. 45-64 : 45

Genus Woldstedtius Carlson, 1979

Type.

Bassus biguttatus Gravenhorst, 1829: 332. Original designation.

Diagnosis.

According to Klopfstein (2014), this genus can be distinguished from other genera by the following combination of character states: antenna without tyloids in males; mesoscutum without notauli; fore wing areolet absent; hind tibia usually black with a white base, in males with light coloration often extending to half the length of the tibia, rarely hind tibia all dark or yellow or orange with a dark apex; ovipositor sheaths transversely truncate and open towards apex; very even, weakly coriaceous microsculpture.

Remarks.

Japanese species can be identified by the following key.