Diakontschukia Melika, 2006

Figs. 17–27

Diakontschukia Melika, 2006: 83. Type species: Phanacis saussureae Diakontschuk, 2001 by original designation.

Diagnosis. Diakontschukia is diagnosed by the following combination of characters: antenna shorter than body; fore wing marginal cell entirely open (Fig. 26); fore wing areolet present (Fig. 26); fore wing without conspicuous marginal setae (Fig. 26); mesoscutum with conspicuous transverse rugose sculpture (Figs. 23, 25); female antenna with 14 antennomeres (Fig. 21); head yellowish (Figs 18–19). The mesoscutal sculpture makes Diakontschukia similar to Asiocynips, but the two are easily distinguished by the marginal cell (open in Diakontschukia but closed in Asiocynips) and the number of antennomeres in the female (14 in Diakontschukia but 13 in Asiocynips).

Diversity. Monotypic; includes only the type species D. saussureae (Diakontschuk, 2001).

Biology. The single known species induces stem galls on Saussurea neopulchella Fish. and S. pulchella (Fiscj.) (Melika 2006).