Parnips

Fredrik Ronquist & José Luis Nieves-Aldrey, 2001, A new subfamily of Figitidae (Hymenoptera, Cynipoidea), Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 133, pp. 483-494 : 486

PARNIPS RONQUIST & NIEVES-ALDREY, GEN. NOV.

Type species. Aulacidea nigripes Barbotin, 1964 .

Etymology. An abbreviation alluding to the particle par - (meaning close to) and the figitid genus Melanips (from Greek, meaning dark woodworm) (Masculine gender).

Diagnosis. Most similar to the figitid genera Melanips (Figitinae) , Euceroptres (Thrasorinae) , and Hemicrisis (Charipinae) . However, Parnips differs from all of these genera in lacking a horizontal mesopleural furrow/ carina and in having the first male flagellomere unmodified, the mesopleuron almost entirely dull, the third abdominal tergum of the female smaller, and the female metasoma higher. Parnips differs further from Melanips and Hemicrisis in lacking a dense hair patch on the third abdominal tergum. Parnips can also be distinguished from Hemicrisis by the larger size and the sculptured scutellum, which is not smooth and evenly rounded. Additional features distinguishing Parnips from Euceroptres include Parnips having a considerably narrower and more elongate metacoxa.

Description. See the description of the only included species below.