Eiphosoma Cresson, 1865

Fernandes, Daniell R. R., Pádua, Diego G., Mazariegos, Luis A. & Araujo, Rodrigo O., 2023, Two new Darwin wasp species of Eiphosoma Cresson, 1865 (Ichneumonidae: Cremastinae) from the northwestern Andes of Colombia, Zootaxa 5375 (2), pp. 262-272 : 264

Eiphosoma Cresson, 1865

Eiphosoma Cresson, 1865: 52.

Type-species: Eiphosoma annulatum Cresson, 1865 [ = dentator Fabricius, 1804 ], by subsequent designation, Viereck 1914: 50.

Xiphosoma Marshall, 1892: 65 . (Unjustificable emendation).

Brachyxiphosoma Viereck, 1912: 147.

Type-species: Eiphosoma pyralidis Ashmead, 1896 (by original designation).

Charitonedys Enderlein, 1921: 3.

Type-species: Chartionedys compressum Enderlein, 1921 (by original designation).

Diagnosis. Coloration [adapted from Gauld (2000)]. Yellow with black marks; few species are predominantly black. Fore wings: 3.8 to 9. 7 mm. Head. Mandibles not twisted with a conspicuous ventral edge, with upper tooth longer and wider than the lower tooth. Mesosoma. Mesoscutum with notaulus printed and punctures concentrated on anterior and posterior parts, smooth or punctate scutellum; metapleuron smooth or stippled, pleural carina present; propodeum smooth, coriaceous, rugose or striate, with anterior and posterior carina present, usually complete; posterior femur with a ventral tooth; fore wings with or without the presence of the 3 rs -m vein. Metasoma. Laterotergite II without presence of thyridium; female with ovipositor apex straight or sinuous ( Gauld 2000).