Xenodellitha, Engel, 2017

Engel, Michael S., 2017, New Evanioid Wasps from the Cenomanian of Myanmar (Hymenoptera: Othniodellithidae, Aulacidae), with a Summary of Family-Group Names among Evanioidea, American Museum Novitates 2017 (3871), pp. 1-28 : 7

Xenodellitha , new genus

TYPE SPECIES: Xenodellitha preta , new species .

DIAGNOSIS: Similar to Othniodellitha Engel and Huang (in Engel et al., 2016a) in those ways outlined in familial diagnosis (above) but may be distinguished by following combination of traits: flagellum with 20 flagellomeres; scape about 2.6× as long as wide; apical tooth of mandible slightly projecting; gena narrower than compound eye; forewing with 1cu-a confluent with 1M, 2m-cu nebulous, 2cu-a present, and third submarginal cell longer than second submarginal cell; metasoma beyond petiole cylindrical.

ETYMOLOGY: The new generic name is a combination of the Greek words, xenos (“stranger”) and dellithos (“a kind of wasp”). The gender of the name is feminine.