Subgenus Grandilota Fischer, 2002, stat. nov.

Grandilota Fischer, 2002: 103; Yu et al. 2016.

Type species.

Grandilota kenyaensis Fischer, 2002, by original designation (Figs 8, 9).

Material examined.

Holotype ( Grandilota kenyaensis). Kenya: • ♀, Mt. Elgon Natural Park, bamboo (Arundinaria alpine) thicket, 2740 m; swept. No. 496, 22. i. 1992 (G. Varkonyl leg.) [Hym. Typ. No. Mus. Budapest 11673] (HNHM) . Paratype ( Grandilota kenyaensis) Kenya: • ♀, same label as holotype but [Hym. Typ. No. Mus. Budapest 11674] (HNHM) .

Diagnosis.

Mandible well developed, tridentate, with upper (first) tooth diminished to respect to lower (third) tooth. Paraclypeal fovea long, reaching inner margin of eyes. Mesoscutum without mesoscutal pit; notauli present only in anterior half of mesoscutum; precoxal sulcus present; propodeum with pentagonal areola, delineated by carinae. In fore wing, marginal cell reaching apex of wing; vein r originating from basal quarter of pterostigma; vein 2 - SR present and sclerotised; veins m-cu and cu-a postfurcal; first subdiscal cell closed postero-apically by CU 1 a vein. In hind wing, subbasal cell open. Metasoma of ♀ more or less distinctly compressed laterally. Ovipositor sheath not longer than metasoma.

Remarks.

This subgenus has only one known species, Aspilota (Grandilota) kenyaensis Fischer, 2002, from Kenya and shares the main characters with Aspilota sensu stricto, however, the subbasal cell of the hind wing open distally (absent vein cu-a) and the wing membrane is pigmented, which distinguishes it at the subgeneric level.