Genus Artemidorus Distant, 1903

Artemidorus, Distant, 1903b: 73 (new genus). Type species by monotypy: Artemidorus pressus Distant, 1903 . Distant (1904: 118) (record). Bergroth (1918: 114) (fauna of Philippines). Scudder (1957: 162) (in key). Scudder (1962: 119) (in key). Slater (1964: 740) (catalogue, distribution). Zheng & Zou (1981: 108) (fauna of China, in key, diagnosis). Péricart (2001: 101) (catalogue, Palaearctic).

Diagnosis. This genus is recognized among the genera of Heterogastridae by a combination of the following characters: Body elongate, more than 6.0 mm in length, covered with erect setae; head and anterior lobe of pronotum black to dark brown; head rounded anteriorly, with paraclypeal lobes carinate; pronotum with a deep transversal impression; prosternum smooth at middle; apex of scutellum pale; hemelytra constricted at middle, attaining apex of abdomen; profemur armed with spines; apical third of mesofemur and metafemur swollen; basal half of metafemur white, with black to dark brown annulation in apical half (Figs. 1, 2); abdomen constricted at middle; laterotergites with pale markings; spermatheca long, string-shaped in dorsal view.