Leptochilus de Saussure, 1853

Bai, Yue, Chen, Bin & Li, Ting-Jing, 2024, A newly recorded genus Microdynerus Thomson, 1874 and a review of its related genus Leptochilus de Saussure, 1853 (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Eumeninae) from China, Journal of Hymenoptera Research 97, pp. 57-83 : 57

Genus Leptochilus de Saussure, 1853

Leptochilus de Saussure, 1853: 233; Giordani Soika 1938: 2-14; 1941: 7-13; Parker 1966: 151-229; van der Vecht and Fischer 1972: 42-53.

Type species.

Pterochilus mauritianus [!] [= Pterochilus mauritanicus Lepeletier, 1841], by subsequent designation of Ashmead 1902.

Diagnosis.

Body length <9.0 mm; without epicnemial carina; axillary fossa of scutellum oval, broader than long; metanotum with horizontal carina between dorsally and posterior surfaces; propodeum with submarginal carina projecting as rounded lobe above valvula and bilamellate; T1 depressed subapically, gradually widened with lateral sides divergent in dorsal view; T2 with flat or concave apical lamella.

Distribution.

Worldwide except Australian region.