Syntomernus Enderlein, 1920

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Genus Syntomernus Enderlein, 1920

Notes

The genus Syntomernus could be considered an aberrant group of the genus Bracon . It is similar but differs from Bracon mainly by the sculpture and shape of the second and third metasomal tergites. Maximum width of the third metasomal tergite is 2.6 times its medial length or more, with anterolateral grooves and the second tergite has a mediobasal area and is usually connected to the median carina ( Figure 5I ).

Figures

Figure 5. (A, B) Bracon rugulifer, female, holotype; (C–G) Bracon nitidisoma, female, holotype; (H, I) Syntomernus shoreatus, female, holotype. (A, C) Part of forewing; (B, G, I) first to third metasomal tergites, dorsal aspect; (D) head, dorsal aspect; (E, H) head, anterior aspect; (F) head, lateral aspect. Scale bars: 1.0×(A); 1.3×(B, C); 1.4×(D–G); 1.8×(H, I).