Paraleptomenes Giordani Soika, 1970

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Genus Paraleptomenes Giordani Soika, 1970

Paraleptomenes Giordani Soika 1970: 79 , Type species: Paraleptomenes nurseanus Giordani Soika, 1970 ; by original designation and monotypy.

Paraleptomenes: Girish Kumar et al. 2014b: 132 .

Diagnosis. Mandibles elongate, distinctly cross each other. Clypeus truncate apically, often with lateral carinae. Cephalic foveae absent. Vertex sloping behind ocelli. Anterior face of pronotum with shallow foveae, close or contiguous with pronotal face punctate laterally ( Fig. 21 ). Pronotal carina usually present. Mesepisternum with epicnemial carina present. Pretegular carina usually absent. Tegula little longer than wide, emarginate posteriorly, not reaching posterior end of parategula. Scutellum convex or flat. Metanotum oblique, not dentate. Axillary fossa wide. Propodeum with no dorsum behind metanotum, sloping posteriorly. Superior carina absent. Propodeal orifice wide dorsally. Submarginal carina produced as pointed process above valvula. Propodeal valvula free from submarginal carina posteriorly. Metasoma subsessile, T 1 in dorsal view narrower than T2, wider apically than basally ( Fig. 79 ). T1 not transversely carinate. SMC2 basally acute. Prestigma much shorter than pterostigma. Mid tibia with one apical spur. Ƌ: F11 hook like, rounded apically; F10, F11 shorter than previous ones; no cavity on inner segments of apical flagellomeres. Body length usually less than 10 mm.

Distribution. Oriental, Palearctic and Ethiopian Regions

Figures

FIGURES 19 – 24. Anterior face of pronotum. 19, Euodynerus sp.; 20, Parancistrocerus sp.; 21, Paraleptomenes m. miniatus; 22, Pseudonortonia sp.; 23, Apodynerus t. troglodytes; 24, Stenodyneriellu s wickwari.

FIGURES 79 – 85. Metasoma, dorsal view. 79, Paraleptomenes m. miniatus; 80, Parancistrocerus sp. (base of T 2 with acarinarium); 81, Euodynerus sp.; 82, Antepipona sp.; 83, Stenodyneriellus wickwari; 84, Rhynchium b. brunneum; 85, Apodynerus t. troglodytes.