Goedartiini TOWNES

A. M, 2009, Illustrated key to the tribes of subfamilia Ichneumoninae and genera of the tribe Platylabini of world fauna (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae), Linzer biologische Beiträge 41 (2), pp. 1317-1608 : 1365-1366

Tribe Goedartiini TOWNES

Goedartiini TOWNES 1961 - Cat. Reclass. Indo-Austr. Ichn.: 399-402 (part).

Type genus: Goedartia BOIE.

Goedartiini : HEINRICH 1967, 1968 - Ichn. Stenop. of Africa 1: 22 (2): 201.

Goedartiini : HEINRICH 1975 - Ann. Zool. Wars. 32 (20): 494-496.

D i s t r i b u t i o n: Palaearctic and Oriental Region.

I n t r o d u c t i o n:

Goedartia and Compsophorini , integrated by H. TOWNES (1961) in single tribe Goedartiini are fundamentally different in morphology of propodeum. G. HEINRICH distinctly substantiates independence of each of these tribes, being grounded on fundamental difference of theirs propodeum morphology (HEINRICH 1968). Propodeum of Compsophorini is closely connected to postscutellum and metanotum and without basal furrow and steeply uniformly slanted backwards, whereas propodeum of Goedartia distinctly of broken type as of Ichneumonini tribe, with horizontal and abrupt slant, and with distinct basal furrow. Additionally, in contrast to Compsophorini clypeus, middle and lateral fields of face and malar space are sufficiently distinctly differentiated.

For the species of the tribe long, bristle-shaped flagellum, head with broad and convex temples, broad and flat clypeus, sufficiently distinct fields of face and large broad mandibles with almost equal teeth are characteristic. Thorax is with high scutellum, often with knoll on horizontal part, with rectangle from lateral propodeum, with indistinct fields and roughly-wrinkled sculpture, separated from metanotum by sharp basal furrow and with large slit-shaped pneusticae. Abdomen is long, parallel sided, amblypygous of females and with long narrow petiolus of first tergite.

M o r p h o l o g y:

F l a g e l l u m: Of females bristle-shaped, long and slender. Flagellum of males with strongly prominent transversal ridges, from slightly to considerably nodose, with small, well-defined (of Goedartia barely visible) bacilliform tyloides.

H e a d: Genae and temples wide and convex, mandibles short and wide with approximately equal teeth; clypeus wide, flat; face enough distinctly differentiated (as contrast to Compsophorini ), with distinctly expressed fields, middle field separated from clypeus by impression, at Goedartia with impressions from lowest part of middle field to clypeal fovea and visible longitudinal impression on genae from eye to mandibles; antennal cavities deeply impressed.

T h o r a x: Mesonotum distinctly or only just visible longer than width, convex; notauli only as slight impressions at base or absent; surface of mesonotum from roughly to irregularly wrinkly-punctured (of Goedartia dull); sternauli practically absent, sometimes in form of broad slight impression only at base; border between vertical and horizontal part of mesopleurae sharp; upper and lower part of mesopleurae longitudinallywrinkled; scutellum high elevated above postscutellum (of Goedartia with knoll on horizontal part (conical), triangle from lateral), carinated laterally by high carinae up to apex. Hind margin of metanotum with projections opposite lateral longitudinal carinae. Propodeum from lateral of broken type, length of horizontal part equal, or shorter than sloping one; fields of propodeum expressed, but not distinct because of general roughlywrinkled, cellular sculpture of surface, only coxal carina absent or only just marked; area dentipara very short; spiracles large, slit-shaped. Horizontal part of propodeum with roughly-wrinkled or cellular sculpture.

L e g s: Comparatively long and very slender, hind femora narrow.

W i n g s: Areolet from pentagonal with very narrow base to petiolate; nervulus postfurcal; radius long, straight on considerable extent.

A b d o m e n Of females Goedartia from above long, parallel sided, amblypygous with pointed, long seventh tergite, of other genera oxypygous, massive, long and slender. First tergite with narrow petiolus at base, from lateral smooth, without traces of lateral carinae and any sculpture, only of males with visible slightly developed dorsolateral carinae; from above petiolus sharply broadened to postpetiolus; postpetiolus without distinct middle field, its surface from punctured to irregularly longitudinally-wrinkled, rarely to completely smooth, polished. Gastrocoeli large, very deep, slightly oblique (of Pseudomaraces gastrocoeli not deepened, rudimentary); thyridia distinct, approached to base of second tergite and equal or wider than interval.