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Zaglyptus Forster 1869

Description

Zaglyptus Förster, 1869

Zaglyptus Förster, 1869. Verh. Naturh. Ver. Rheinlande 25: 166. Type-species: Polysphincta varipes Gravenhorst, by subsequent designation, Woldstedt, 1877: 17.

Diagnosis. Face with a pair of furrows arising from supraclypeal suture; clypeus strongly convex, apical margin thin, broadly concave medially; mandible stout, swollen near apex, pointed at tip, upper tooth longer than lower; palpi formula 5:4; occipital carina complete, mediodorsally more or less convex; mesopleural suture weak but quite distinctly angled centrally; submetapleural carina complete or present only anteriorly; propodeum with paired posterolateral swellings; claws of female with a pointed basal lobe; fore wing lacking vein 3 rs-m; metasomal tergites 2–5 (sometimes also tergite 6) each with paired lateral swellings; ovipositor lower valve with distinct teeth, most proximal usually with an elongate free tip; male with subgenital plate subquadrate, posteriorly truncate (Townes 1969; Gauld 1991).

Zaglyptus species are believed to attack nest-making spiders (Baltazar 1961; Gupta 1961; Townes 1969; Gauld 1984). The larvae develop on paralysed, mature spiders and their eggs (Fitton et al. 1988). However, there are no host records from Vietnam and most Zaglyptus species remain unknown biologically.

Notes

Published as part of Pham, Nhi Thi, Broad, Gavin R. & Wägele, Wolfgang J., 2013, First record of the genus Zaglyptus Förster (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Pimplinae) from Vietnam, with description of one new species, pp. 483-492 in Zootaxa 3702 (5) on page 484, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3702.5.7, http://zenodo.org/record/217532

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Forster
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Hymenoptera
Family
Ichneumonidae
Genus
Zaglyptus
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Zaglyptus Forster, 1869 sec. Pham, Broad & Wägele, 2013

References

  • Forster, A. (1869) Synopsis der Familien und Gattungen der Ichneumonen. Verhandlungen des Naturhistorischen Vereins der Preussischen Rheinlande und Wesfalens, 25 (1868), 135 - 221.
  • Townes, H. K. (1969) The genera of Ichneumonidae. Part 1. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute, 11, 1 - 300.
  • Gauld, I. D. (1991) The Ichneumonidae of Costa Rica, 1. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute, 47, 1 - 589.
  • Baltazar, C. R. (1961) The Philippine Pimplini, Poeminiini, Rhyssini, and Xoridini (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Pimplinae). Monographs of the National Institute of Science and Technology, 7, 1 - 130.
  • Gupta, V. K. (1961) A revision of the Oriental species of the genus Zaglyptus (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae). Indian Journal of Entomology, 22 (1960), 244 - 257.
  • Gauld, I. D. (1984) The Pimplinae, Xoridinae, Acaenitinae and Lycorinae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) of Australia. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Entomology series, 49, 235 - 339.
  • Fitton, M. G., Shaw, M. R. & Gauld, I. D. (1988) Pimpline Ichneumon-flies. Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae (Pimplinae). Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, 7 (1), 1 - 110.