Gyrodonta Cameron, 1901

Sheng, Mao-Ling, Cui, Zhen-Qiang & Riedel, Matthias, 2015, The genus Gyrodonta Cameron, with description of a new species and a key to species (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Ichneumoninae), Journal of Hymenoptera Research 45, pp. 87-95 : 88-89

Gyrodonta Cameron, 1901

Gyrodonta Cameron, 1901: 485. Type-species: Gyrodonta flavomaculata Cameron.

Diagnosis.

Head large, broad, greatly expanded behind the eyes. Inner margins of eyes parallel. Face wide, slightly concave, upper margin strongly elevated. Clypeal suture indistinct. Apical margin of clypeus slightly evenly convex forwards. Malar space wide. Gena broad. Mandible short, broad, apical portion bluntly rounded, without teeth; upper side with a strong tooth subbasally or near the middle; with basal transverse groove. Areolet pentagonal. Fore wing with vein 1cu-a opposite or distal of 1-M. Scutellum almost flat. Propodeum elongate, incompletely areolated; dorsal profile much longer than posterior oblique profile. Spiracle elongate, curved. Legs stout; lower profiles of tarsomeres 1 to 4 with long thick hairs. Claw simple. Metasoma semiamblypygous. Gastrocoelus indistinct. Ovipositor sheath reaching to apex of metasoma.

Key to species of Gyrodonta Cameron

1	Apical portion of flagellum cylindrical. Tooth of upper margin of mandible located subbasally. Subapical portion of clypeus with median tooth. Propodeum with costula and distinct median longitudinal carinae	2
-	Apical portion of flagellum distinctly flattened below. Tooth of upper margin of mandible located almost at middle. Clypeus without distinct tooth. Propodeum without costula, median longitudinal carinae vestigial	G. motuoica sp.n.
2	Tergite 3 and subsequent tergites black, basal margins brown	G. flavomaculata Cameron
-	Tergite 2 and subsequent tergites entirely reddish brown	G. concava (Uchida)