Dirrhope Foerster, 1851

Ranjith, A. P., Samartsev, K. G. & Nasser, M., 2021, Discovery of the braconid subfamily Dirrhopinae van Achterberg (Hymenoptera Ichneumonoidea) from the Indian subcontinent with the description of a new species from south India, Zootaxa 4908 (2), pp. 251-262 : 252

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4908.2.6
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4438392
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scientific name	Dirrhope Foerster, 1851
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Genus Dirrhope Foerster, 1851 View in CoL View at ENA

Dirrhope Foerster, 1851: 39 View in CoL ; Belokobylskij, 1998: 547. Type species: Dirrhope rufa Foerster. View in CoL

Diagnosis: Head and mesosoma rather robust ( Figs 1A & E View FIGURE 1 , 3A View FIGURE 3 , 4A View FIGURE 4 , 5A & F View FIGURE 5 , 7A & E View FIGURE 7 ), granulate ( Fig. 1B View FIGURE 1 ) or densely reticulate-rugose ( Figs 3B View FIGURE 3 , 5B View FIGURE 5 , 7B View FIGURE 7 ), metasoma comparatively weak ( Figs 1A View FIGURE 1 , 3A View FIGURE 3 , 4A View FIGURE 4 , 5A View FIGURE 5 , 7A View FIGURE 7 ); head transverse ( Figs 1B View FIGURE 1 , 3B View FIGURE 3 , 5B View FIGURE 5 , 7B View FIGURE 7 ); occipital carina rather absent ( Figs 1C View FIGURE 1 , 7C View FIGURE 7 ) or incomplete ( Figs 6A View FIGURE 6 , 8A & B View FIGURE 8 ); eye glabrous ( Figs 1B, C & E View FIGURE 1 , 3B & F View FIGURE 3 , 5B & C View FIGURE 5 , 7 View FIGURE 7 B–E); frons concave laterally, distinctly protruding medially, with one longitudinal ridge-like carina extending to area between antennal sockets ( Figs 3F View FIGURE 3 , 5C View FIGURE 5 ), sometimes to middle of face ( Fig. 1C View FIGURE 1 ); ocelli arranged in an equilateral triangle; antenna 18–24 antennomeres, first flagellomere slightly longer than second; anterior tentorial pits relatively large ( Figs 1B View FIGURE 1 , 3B View FIGURE 3 , 5B View FIGURE 5 , 7B View FIGURE 7 ); clypeus convex, protruding in lateral view ( Figs 1E View FIGURE 1 , 3D View FIGURE 3 , 4A View FIGURE 4 , 6A View FIGURE 6 , 7E View FIGURE 7 ); clypeal suture deep ( Figs 1B View FIGURE 1 , 3B View FIGURE 3 , 5B View FIGURE 5 , 7B View FIGURE 7 ); malar suture present ( Figs 1B View FIGURE 1 , 3B View FIGURE 3 , 5B & D View FIGURE 5 , 7B & E View FIGURE 7 ); maxillary palp with 6 palpomeres, third palpomere distinctly swollen ( Fig. 5D View FIGURE 5 ); labial palp with 4 palpomeres ( Fig. 5D View FIGURE 5 ); propleural lobe present ( Figs 1E View FIGURE 1 , 3D View FIGURE 3 , 5F View FIGURE 5 , 7E View FIGURE 7 ); notauli usually incomplete, distinct basally ( Figs 1D View FIGURE 1 , 3C & F View FIGURE 3 , 5E View FIGURE 5 , 7D View FIGURE 7 ); prepectal carina present ( Figs 1E View FIGURE 1 , 5F View FIGURE 5 , 7E View FIGURE 7 ); precoxal sulcus present but shallow ( Figs 1E View FIGURE 1 , 4A View FIGURE 4 , 5F View FIGURE 5 , 7E View FIGURE 7 ); propodeum distinctly areolate and carinate ( Figs 1F View FIGURE 1 , 4C View FIGURE 4 , 6B View FIGURE 6 , 7F View FIGURE 7 ); fore wing vein 1-R1 present ( Figs 2C View FIGURE 2 , 4D View FIGURE 4 , 6C View FIGURE 6 , 8B View FIGURE 8 ); vein r-m of fore wing absent ( Figs 2C View FIGURE 2 , 4D View FIGURE 4 , 6C View FIGURE 6 , 8B View FIGURE 8 ); vein 2-1A largely obsolescent ( Figs 2C View FIGURE 2 , 4D View FIGURE 4 , 6C View FIGURE 6 , 8B View FIGURE 8 ); second submarginal and subdiscal cells open ( Figs 2C View FIGURE 2 , 4D View FIGURE 4 , 6C View FIGURE 6 , 8B View FIGURE 8 ); veins 1-M and 1-SR+M arising from parastigma ( Figs 2C View FIGURE 2 , 4D View FIGURE 4 , 6C View FIGURE 6 , 8B View FIGURE 8 ); vein m-cu antefurcal ( Figs 2C View FIGURE 2 , 4D View FIGURE 4 , 6C View FIGURE 6 , 8B View FIGURE 8 ); vein cu-a distinctly postfurcal ( Figs 2C View FIGURE 2 , 4D View FIGURE 4 , 6C View FIGURE 6 , 8B View FIGURE 8 ); first tergite relatively slender, parallel-sided, spiracles situated behind middle of first tergite on its dorsal side ( Figs 2A View FIGURE 2 , 5E View FIGURE 5 , 7F View FIGURE 7 ).