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Acropimpla Townes 1960

Description

Acropimpla Townes, 1960

Selenaspis Roman, 1910: 191. Name preoccupied by Bleeker, 1858 and by Leonardi, 1898. Type: Hemipimpla alboscutellaris Szepligeti; original designation.

Acropimpla Townes, 1960: 159. Type: Charitopimpla leucostoma Cameron; original designation.

Diagnosis. Body moderately long; clypeus with median apical notch; malar space short; occipital carina complete, slightly concave medio-dorsally; propodeum short and convex, with or without median longitudinal carina; fore wing with areolet nearly triangular, receiving vein 2 m-cu near apex, vein 2 rs-m always shorter than vein 3 rs-m; hind wing with first abscissa of vein Cu 1 much longer than vein cu-a; first tergite short and wide; second tergite with short, oblique groove cutting off basolateral corner; tergites 3–4 with distinct tubercles; ovipositor straight, tip of dorsal valve in profile a little concave behind nodus, lower valve with oblique ridges apically (Gupta & Tikar 1976).

Notes

Published as part of Pham, Nhi Thi, Broad, Gavin R. & Wägele, Wolfgang J., 2011, The genus Acropimpla Townes (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Pimplinae) in Vietnam, with descriptions of three new species, pp. 1-12 in Zootaxa 2921 on page 2, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.200549

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Townes
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Hymenoptera
Family
Ichneumonidae
Genus
Acropimpla
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Acropimpla Townes, 1960 sec. Pham, Broad & Wägele, 2011

References

  • Gupta, V. K. & Tikar, D. T. (1976) Ichenumonologia Orientalis or a monographic study of Ichneumonidae of the Oriental Region, Part I. The tribe Pimplini (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Pimplinae). Oriental Insects Monograph, 1, 1 - 313.