Adelurola Strand, 1928

Peris-Felipo, Francisco Javier, Yari, Zahra, van Achterberg, Cornelis, Ehsan Rakhshani, & Belokobylskij, Sergey A., 2016, Review of species of the genus Adelurola Strand, 1928, with a key to species (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Alysiinae), ZooKeys 566, pp. 13-30 : 13

Taxon classification Animalia Hymenoptera Braconidae

Genus Adelurola Strand, 1928

Adelura Foerster 1863: 267 (not Bonaparte 1854); Shenefelt 1974: 986; van Achterberg 1993: 4; Yu et al. 2012.

Adelurola Strand 1928: 51 (nom. n. for Adelura Foerster); Shenefelt 1974: 986; van Achterberg 1993: 4; Yu et al. 2012.

Neocarpa Fischer 1966: 185; Shenefelt 1974: 987; van Achterberg 1993: 4; Yu et al. 2012.

Type species.

Alysia florimela Haliday, 1838.

Diagnosis.

Mandibles distinctly broadened apically, with additional ventral wide fourth denticle (lobe). Eyes glabrous. Second flagellar segment not longer than first segment. Pterostigma short and wide. Radial vein (r) originating almost from its middle. Brachial (first subdiscal) cell of fore wing closed apically. Pronope of mesosoma small or absent. Precoxal sulcus distinctly sculptured. Dorsope of first metasomal tergite distinct. Second tergite smooth. Ovipositor short, shorter than apical height of metasoma.

Remarks.

This genus is similar to Dapsilarthra but differs from it in having the wide ventral lamelliform lobe on the mandible (Fig. 1) (absent in Dapsilarthra ), the first flagellar segment not shorter than second segment (shorter in Dapsilarthra ), precoxal suture sculptured (usually smooth in Dapsilarthra ), and radial vein (r) arising submedially from pterostigma (usually before pterostigma in Dapsilarthra ).

The observation of these characters in studied images of the holotype of Adelurola eurys Chen & Wu, 1994 showed that this species is better placed under genus Dapsilarthra Foerster, 1863 (comb. n.).

Hosts.

Cyclorraphous Diptera ( Tephritidae and Anthomyiidae ).