Austerocardiochiles Dangerfield, Austin & Whitfield, 1999

Austerocardiochiles Dangerfield, Austin & Whitfield, 1999: 929 . Type species (by original description): Cardiochiles pollinator Dangerfield & Austin, 1995: 432 .

Diagnostic characters. Body medium-sized, well-sculptured (Figs 1, 14); antennae with 40–48 segments; eyes pilose (Figs 3, 4, 15); two clypeal tubercles present (Fig. 16) or absent (Fig. 3); maxillary palps 6-segmented; notauli deep, crenulate; scutellum carinate apically, punctate or rugose (Figs 5, 18); propodeum with areola, without median longitudinal furrow (Figs 7, 21); epicnemial carina of mesosternum absent or present ventro-laterally; hind tibia without apical projections (Figs 1, 14); hind basitarsus cylindrical or distinctly compressed; tarsal claws pectinate with teeth (Figs 12, 15); discal cell of fore wing elongate, vein SR1 curved or angled basally, never straight (Figs 9, 10, 20); hind wing with vein M+CU slightly longer or subequal to vein 1-M; hind wing with 3-7 hamuli (Figs 4, 22); first metasomal tergite not elongate or narrowed apically, with lateral suture clearly definined throughout (Figs 8, 23); hypopygium pointed apically, median longitudinal area desclerotized and membranous, with apical sclerotized bridge or slightly desclerotized medially and infolded basally; ovipositor sheath shorter hind tibia, widened apically, evenly setose. More detail morphological diagnostic characters of this genus can also be found in Dangerfield et al. (1999).