Xiphentedon forceps, Gumovsky, 2023

Gumovsky, Alex, 2023, Revision of Xiphentedon Risbec, 1957 and Colpixys Waterston, 1916 (Hymenoptera, Eulophidae), with descriptions of new species from the Afrotropics, European Journal of Taxonomy 905, pp. 1-83 : 68

forceps species group

Diagnosis

Upper margin of mesoscutellum with a paired anteromedian protrusion; gena evenly convex, not bulging; median strip of propodeum coriaceous or lightly reticulate (rarely smooth), widening anteriorly and delimited by fine carinae or pliciform borders. Generally, smaller species: mostly up to and just occasionally slightly larger than 2.0 mm.