Fredegunda Fitton, Shaw & Gauld, 1988

Liu, Jing-Xian, He, Jun-Hua & Chen, Xue-Xin, 2013, The discovery of genus Fredegunda Fitton, Shaw & Gauld in China, with description of a new species (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Pimplinae), Zootaxa 3637 (1), pp. 79-83 : 79-80

Genus Fredegunda Fitton, Shaw & Gauld, 1988

Fredegunda Fitton, Shaw & Gauld, 1988 , 7: 45. Type species: Pimpla diluta Ratzeburg, 1852 .

Diagnosis. Mandible with two apical teeth. Clypeus with apical margin centrally notched, bilobed. Eyes large and bare. Occipital carina complete and median dorsally dipped downward. Antenna filiform with 23 antennomeres. Epomia distinct. Notaulus shallow and short, present on anterior 0.3. Prepectal carina strong. Propodeum with median longitudinal carinae long and well developed. Submetapleural carina complete. Fore wing with 3rs-m, cu-a opposite Rs & M. Areolet receiving 2m-cu near apex. Hind wing with Cu & cu-a intercepted below the middle, distal abscissa of Cu present. Apical segment of tarsi swollen, female tarsal claw with a tooth-like basal lobe. Metasoma stout; first tergite of male strongly narrowed behind the spiracle; second tergite without oblique grooves cutting off depressed triangular areas anterolaterally. Ovipositor compressed, its apex with lower valve enlarged and partially enclosed the upper valve.

Biology. Parasitoids of Archanara dissoluta (Treitschke) , A. geminipuncta (Haworth) , Arenostola semicana (Esper) , Chilodes maritima (Tauscher) and Rhizedra lutosa (Hübner) ( Lepidoptera : Noctuidae ) (Aubert 1969; Fulmek 1968; Fitton et al. 1988).

Distribution. Palearctic and Oriental regions.

Comments. This genus was recognized by Fitton et al. (1988) mainly based on lower valve of apex of ovipositor enlarged and the upper valve partially enclosed. It can be easily distinguished from Endromopoda Hellén and Scambus Hartig by these ovipositor characters.