Taxon classification Animalia Hymenoptera Chalcididae

Psilochalcis Kieffer, 1905 Figs 183-184

Psilochalcis Kieffer, 1905: 250-251. Type species: Psilochalcis longigena Kieffer, by monotypy. Redescribed by Steffan (1951b).

Leptochalcis Kieffer, 1905: 251-252. Type species: Leptochalcis filicornis Kieffer, by monotypy. Synonymised with Psilochalcis by Steffan (1951b).

Invreia Masi, 1929b: 210-211. Type species: Invreia subaenea Masi, by original designation. Synonymised with Psilochalcis by Bouček (1992).

Euchalcidia Masi, 1929b: 220-222. Type species: Euchalcidia elegantula Masi, designated by Masi, 1929. Synonymised with Psilochalcis by Bouček (1992).

Chalcidiopsis Masi, 1933: 4. Type species: Chalcidiopsis odontomera Masi, by original designation. Synonymised with Psilochalcis by Narendran and Sudheer (2005).

Peltochalcidia Steffan, 1949: 121. Type species: Peltochalcidia benoisti Steffan, by original designation. Synonymised with Psilochalcis by Bouček (1992).

Hyperchalcidia Steffan; 1951b: 67. Type species: Hyperchalcidia soudanensis Steffan, by original designation. Synonymised with Psilochalcis by Narendran (1989).

Parinvreia Steffan, 1951a: 7 (as subgenus of Invreia). Type species: Invreia frequens Masi, designated by Bouček (1984). Synonymised with Psilochalcis by Bouček (1992).

Diagnosis.

See under Notaspidium .

Description.

Horizontal ventral part of mesopleuron anteriorly with a carina defining margin of area for reception of fore coxae; body usually with dense pubescence. MV short and distinctly removed from anterior wing margin; hind tibia with 2 apical spurs. Antenna 13 segmented; in ♀ antenna inserted at clypeus; in ♂ antenna inserted a little above it; scape not reaching anterior ocellus; head in front view roundly triangular or subrectangular as in Psilochalcis soudanensis group; outer surface of clypeus gradually turns downwards and its upper edge projects slightly to strongly in different species; body densely setose in some species; mesosoma sturdy, in some species propodeum almost horizontal and with very distinct carinae (submediae, accessoriae, sublaterales and costae lateralis); scutellum flatly arched, posteriorly broadly rounded or truncated; hind femur with a ventral row of teeth, basal tooth massive in " Chalcidiopsis " and typical Psilochalcis; metasoma with large, tongue-shaped, posteriorly rounded T1.

Hosts.

Parasitoids of lepidopterous pupae.

Distribution.

North and Central America, Europe, Africa, Madagascar, Oriental region and Japan.