Sculptomyriola Belokobylskij, 1988

Ranjith, A. P., Achterberg, C. Van, Samartsev, K. G. & Nasser, M., 2021, Discovery of the chelonine tribeAdeliini Viereck, 1918 (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from the Indian subcontinent with the description of a new genus from south India, Zootaxa 4926 (1), pp. 1-25 : 19

Sculptomyriola Belokobylskij, 1988

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Type species: Sculptomyriola extremiorientalis Belokobylskij, 1988 .

Diagnosis. Antenna of female more or less widened submedially, seventh antennomere not protruding ventrally and with 20 antennomeres; eyes short setose ( Fig. 15C ); clypeus distinctly narrower than face ( Fig. 15C ); maxillary palp with 5 segments ( Fig. 16D ); prepectal carina absent ( Fig. 16D ); vein 1-R1 of fore wing at least shortly developed ( Fig. 16C ); vein 1-SR of fore wing absent or present and wide ( Fig. 16C ); medial areola of dorsal face of propodeum wide ( Fig. 16B ); first and second metasomal tergites longitudinally rugose ( Fig. 16B ); metasomal sutures absent or shallowly impressed and smooth ( Fig. 16B ).

Distribution. East Palaearctic, Nearctic, Neotropical.

Included species. Sculptomyriola extremiorientalis Belokobylskij, 1988 , S. ghilarovi Belokobylskij, 1988 , S. neotropicalis ( Shimbori & Shaw, 2019) comb. nov., S. nigra (Whitfield, 1988) comb. nov., S. rubra (Whitfield, 1988) comb. nov., S. sinevi Belokobylskij, 1998 .

Notes. The New World species of Paradelius de Saeger are transferred to Sculptomyriola Belokobylskij because of having no prepectal carina ( Shimbori et al. 2019), vein r of fore wing emitted far behind middle of pterostigma, posteriorly precoxal sulcus comparatively close to pleural sulcus, maxillary palp with 5 segments (as in P. ussuriensis ), and vein m-cu of fore wing postfurcal (interstitial in Paradelius , but intermediate in P. ussuriensis ).

Figures

FIGURE 15. Sculptomyriola extremiorientalis Belokobylskij, 1988, holotype, female A) Habitus, lateral view, B) Habitus, dorsal view, C) Head, anterior view, D) Head and mesosoma, dorsal view, E) Head and mesosoma, lateral view.

FIGURE 16. Sculptomyriola extremiorientalis Belokobylskij, 1988, (A–C – holotype, D – paratype), female A) Head, oblique view, B) Propodeum and metasoma, dorsal view, C) Wings, D) Head and mesosoma, lateral view.