Leptophion Cameron 1901
- Dataset
- Discovery of the genus Leptophion Cameron, 1901, from Japan and the Palaearctic region, with description of two new species (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Ophioninae)
- Rank
- GENUS
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Arthropoda
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Hymenoptera
- family
- Ichneumonidae
- genus
- Leptophion
diagnosis
Diagnosis. This genus can be distinguished from other genera of Ophioninae by the following combination of character states: (1) mandible not twisted, barely tapered, with sparsely long hairs, its apex dichotomy of axial symmetric teeth or upper tooth slightly longer than lower one (Figs 3, 4, 6, 7); (2) clypeus strongly convex, its lateral profile of lower margin nearly straight to slightly convex (Figs 3, 4, 6, 7); (3) occipital carina complete dorsally and laterally, its lower margin absent, without joined to oral carina (Figs 4, 5, 7, 8); (4) posterior transverse carina of mesosternum complete (Fig. 13), rarely interrupted in a few Australasian species; (5) tibial spur of fore leg without membranous flange; (6) mid and hind trochanters simple; (7) distal pecten of hind tarsal claws distinctly longer than true apex of claw and other pectens (Figs 11, 12); (8) fore wing without sclerites (Figs 1, 2, 14 – 16); and (9) hind wing usually with an apparently elongated penultimate hamulus on R 1 (Figs 9, 10) (Townes, 1971; Gauld, 1977; Gauld & Mitchell, 1981).
distribution
Distribution. Australasian, Oceanic, Oriental, and Palaearctic (the south of Japan) *, regions. * New record. Bionomics. Host is unknown. Adult wasps are usually collected in light traps.
Name
- Homonyms
- Leptophion Cameron 1901
- Leptophion