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Ortholaba Townes 1969

Description

Genus Ortholaba Townes, 1969

Ortholaba Townes, 1969:129. Type species: Ortholaba tenuis Townes, 1969:129.

Diagnosis. Ortholaba can be distinguished from Diacritus and Cressonia by any of the following characters: upper tooth of mandible a little shorter than lower tooth. Mesoscutum with moderately dense punctures (not almost impunctate). Propodeum without median longitudinal carinae. First abdominal segment straight (not weakly decurved). Ovipositor sheath 1.6–1.9X as long as forewing length (not less than 0.6X). Ovipositor attenuate apically, its apical portion very slender.

Notes

Published as part of Sun, Shu-Ping & Sheng, Mao-Ling, 2006, The genus Ortholaba (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Diacritinae) with description of a new species, pp. 51-55 in Zootaxa 1340 on pages 51-52, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.174397

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Townes
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Hymenoptera
Family
Ichneumonidae
Genus
Ortholaba
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Ortholaba Townes, 1969 sec. Sun & Sheng, 2006

References

  • Townes, H. K. (1969) The genera of Ichneumonidae, 1. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute, 11, 1 - 300.