Baldratia Kieffer, 1897

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Genus Baldratia Kieffer, 1897

Baldratia is an Old World genus of the tribe Lasiopterini , comprising 38 species ( Gagné 2004), all of which develop in plants of the Chenopodiaceae , mostly in Central Asia and the Mediterranean basin. The female ovipositor is characterized by a ventrally curved aculeus, a fusiform apical lamella, and a lateral plate that bears simple or split setae. Adults are generally more slender and have relatively longer legs than members of the related genera Careopalpis and Stefaniola , palpi are one-segmented, and larvae have a bi-lobed spatula. Apical antennal flagellomeres are often fused, and the number of flagellomeres may vary within the same species and even in the same individual. Several species are known only from their galls and larvae ( Möhn 1969).