Tanycoryphus Cameron, 1905

Narendran, T. C. & van Achterberg, Cornelis, 2016, Revision of the family Chalcididae (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea) from Vietnam, with the description of 13 new species, ZooKeys 576, pp. 1-202 : 137

Taxon classification Animalia Hymenoptera Chalcididae

Tanycoryphus Cameron, 1905 Figs 195, 196, 197-199

Tanycoryphus Cameron, 1905: 313. Type species: Tanycoryphus sulcifrons Cameron, by monotypy.

Sabatius Masi, 1929a: 163. Type species: Sabatius ater Masi, by monotypy. Synonymised with Tanycoryphus by Steffan (1957).

Malambrunia Masi, 1929a: 169. Type species: Malambrunia merisicornis Masi, by monotypy. Synonymised with Tanycoryphus by Steffan (1950).

Diagnosis.

The genus resembles the extralimital genera Chirocera Latreille, 1825, and Tanyotorthus Steffan, 1955, in general appearance, but differs from them in having PMV relatively shorter (in Chirocera and Tanyotorthus PMV 4-5 × longer) and in having pre- and post-orbital carinae present (pre- and post-orbital carinae indistinct in Chirocera and Tanyotorthus ).

Description.

Clava narrowed towards apex; fore tibia swollen; tip of hind tibia with a characteristic outer spur and outer carina; postscutellum with characteristic rugae. MV at the wing margin; PMV and STV present.

Hosts.

Unknown.

Distribution.

Asia and Africa.