Heratemis Walker, 1860

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Heratemis Walker, 1860

Heratemis Walker, 1860: 310; Fischer 1966b: 177; Shenefelt 1974: 992; Chen and Wu 1994: 82; Belokobylskij 1998: 268; Wharton 2002: 75; Yaakop et al. 2009: 1. Type species: Heratemis filosa Walker, 1860 (monobasic).

Synonym.

Conalysia Papp, 1969 (subgenus); Kritscherysia Fischer, 1993 (subgenus).

Biology.

Medium-sized genus, of which the biology is unknown, possibly parasitoids of Tephritidae .

Species.

Heratemis (Conalysia) devriesi van Achterberg & Yaakop, 2009 ( Yaakop et al. 2009)

Heratemis (Kritscherysia) enodis Wu & Chen, 1994 ( Chen and Wu 1994)

Heratemis (Heratemis) filosa Walker, 1860 ( Chen and Wu 1994; Yaakop et al. 2009)

Heratemis (Conalysia) laticeps (Papp, 1969) ( Chen and Wu 1994; Yaakop et al. 2009)

Heratemis (Conalysia) ustulata Wu & Chen, 1996 ( Wu and Chen 1996)

Notes.

Morphologically Heratemis spp. are very similar to species of the subgenus Neophaenocarpa Belokobylskij of the genus Phaenocarpa Foerster. The presence of the postpectal carina and the posteriorly steep scutellum of Heratemis allow a clear separation.