Neochalcis Kirby, 1883

Abhisree, P., Ranjith, A. P., Nasser, M. & Delvare, Gérard, 2021, A review of the biology of Neochalcis Kirby (Hymenoptera, Chalcididae) with a new host and biological data for N. breviceps (Masi), Journal of Natural History 55 (27 - 28), pp. 1769-1780 : 1771

Neochalcis Kirby, 1883

Neochalcis Kirby, 1883: 63 . Original description. Type species Halticella osmicida Saunders, 1873 , by monotypy.

= Orthochalcis Kieffer, 1905: 265 . Original description. Type species Euchalcis fertoni Kieffer, 1899 , by monotypy. Synonymy by Steffan 1951: 85.

= Eugastrochalcis Masi, 1929: 181–182 . Original description. Type species Eugastrochalcis breviceps Masi, 1929 , by monotypy. Synonymy by Narendran 1986: 36.

Diagnosis

Left mandible 2-toothed, right 3-toothed; clypeus transverse, only slightly receding, dorsally delimited by step-like margin. Malar sulcus absent or incomplete, never reaching lower edge of eye. Interantennal projection grooved and with parallel lateral margins. Antennal toruli close to dorsal margin of clypeus. Male clava obliquely truncate with area of micropilosity. Propodeum with median areola. Metacoxa with edge of apicodorsal lamina angulate. Metafemur with serrulate tooth about at mid length and apical serrulate lobe. Metatibia with well-visible additional carina, reaching apex of tibia and well expanded near its base; outer ventral carina also well expanded and ending near apex of tibia. Postmarginal vein of fore wing at least 2× as long as stigmal vein; setation dark overall including hyaline areas of the membrane. Gt1 with small, depressed sublateral surfaces bearing pores.