Neofacydes, HEINRICH, 1960

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NEOFACYDES HEINRICH, 1960

Neofacydes Heinrich, 1960: 107 . Type-species: Neofacydes sinensis Heinrich. Original designation.

Autapomorphies. Juncture of hypostomal and occipital carinae separated from mandibular base by about 0.5¥ basal mandibular width; cell 1 + 2Rs of fore wing anteriorly pointed (#39–1); apex of female metasom a with T7-8 barely projecting beyond apex of T6 (#56–1).

Species and distribution. After the removal of flavibasalis Uchida to Queequeg , there are eight described species ( Yu & Horstmann, 1997) and at least four undescribed species [AEIC]. They are distributed from north-eastern India to New Guinea, and as far north as Japan.

Biology. Host information is available only for the holotype, which emerged from Oxyambulyx sericeipennis Butler (Sphingidae) reared on Myricaceae in southern China ( Mell & Heinrich, 1931). We consider this report reliable and have treated Neofacydes as a genus of sphingid parasitoids. This account indicates that the host was attacked as a larva, but more exact information on stage attacked is not available as the host was collected shortly before pupation. Although Neofacydes species are oxypygous, which suggests that they should oviposit into pupae ( Hinz, 1983; but see Biology above), O. sericeipennis pupates in a tunnel in the ground ( Mell, 1922) and is unlikely to be accessible to a pupal parasitoid.