Priopoda Holmgren, 1856

Reshchikov, Alexey V., 2012, Priopoda Holmgren, 1856 (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) from Nepal with a key to the Oriental and Eastern Palaearctic species, Zootaxa 3478, pp. 133-142 : 133-134

Priopoda Holmgren, 1856

Priopoda Holmgren, 1856 . Kongliga Svenska Vetenskapsakademiens Handlingar, 75(1854):63. Type-species: Ichneumon apicarius Geoffroy, 1785 . Designated by Horstmann, 1992.

Prionopoda should be considered as a lapsed name for Priopoda as Holmgren (1857) did not repeat the original spelling to indicate the new spelling was an emendation.

Diagnosis. Priopoda can be distinguished from other genera of Perilissini by combination of the following characters: 1) occipital carina joining mandible (not hypostomal carina); 2) T1 at least twice as long as apical width, 3) hypopygium of male with apical notches.

Description. Body length 7–12 mm. Clypeus elliptical, indistinctly separated from face by shallow impression, its profile approximately flat, its margin thick, moderately to strongly arcuate. Lower tooth of mandible longer than upper. Occipital carina joining base of mandible (not intercepting the hypostomal carina). Mesopleuron with a median longitudinal impression on its hind part, or the impression extending forward to near the prepectal carina. Notaulus shallowly impressed anteriorly. Propodeal carinae complete. Claws pectinate. Fore wing with areolet petiolate. Mediella weakly arched or straight. Nervellus vertical, intercepted bellow the middle. First metasomal tergite about 2 × as long as apically wide, its dorsal profile weakly convex or almost flat, its base without a dorsal pit, dorsolateral carina complete. Glymma deep, those on the two sides separated by a translucent partition. Thyridium absent. Male subgenital plate large, with one to several apical notches. Tip of aedeagus valve bent over and ending as an adze-like blade. Ovipositor sheath about 0.7 × apical height of metasoma. Ovipositor rather thick, its dorsal notch moderately sharp to broadly rounded, rather far from the apex.