Foenatopus Smith, 1861

Hong, Chun-dan, van Achterberg, Cornelis & Xu, Zai-fu, 2011, A revision of the Chinese Stephanidae (Hymenoptera, Stephanoidea), ZooKeys 110, pp. 1-108 : 5-6

Genus Foenatopus Smith, 1861 Figs 2220

Foenatopus Smith 1861: 58. Type species (by monotypy): Stephanus indicus Westwood, 1841.

Diastephanus Enderlein 1905: 473. Type species: Stephanus flavomaculatus Enderlein, 1901. Synonymized by Benoit, 1956.

Neostephanus Kieffer 1904: 1-4. Type species (by monotypy): Neostephanus alluaudi Kieffer, 1904. Synonymized by Narendran et al. (2001).

Diagnosis.

Temple often with pale yellowish streak along eye (Figs 56, 65, 75, 85, 123, 132); neck emarginate anteriorly, moderately to very slender, finely striate without distinct pronotal fold basally (Figs 3, 14, 41, 50, 59, 78, 141); posterior pronotum gradually merging into remainder of pronotum; metapleuron slender; vein 2-CU1 of fore wing nearly always reduced (Figs 49, 58, 67, 115, 125, 158), sometimes complete (Figs 2, 12, 26, 40, 89); veins 2-SR and 2-SR+M of fore wing absent (Figs 49, 58, 125, 174); vein 1-SR of fore wing not or hardly differentiated because of absence of vein 1-SR+M; hind wing without trace of vein cu-a; inner side of hind tibia with a long oblique depression; hind tibia distinctly narrowed and compressed basally (Figs 24, 44, 53, 100, 110, 119, 138, 187); hind tarsus of female with three tarsomeres; eighth metasomal tergite of female usually without apical protuberance (Figs 7, 22, 45, 72, 120, 139, 163, 216); ovipositor sheath always with ivory or yellowish subapical band (Figs 8, 62, 73, 121, 144, 153).

Distribution.

Afrotropical, Neotropical, Palaearctic and Oriental.

Notes.

Before this study, 159 species in the genus Foenatopus were known worldwide, of which 12 species were known from China. In this paper, 3 species of this genus are new to science and 8 species are synonymized; altogether 10 species are known from China. A key to species of the genus Foenatopus from China and adjacent regions follows:

Key to species of the genus Foenatopus from China and adjacent regions