Chirotica Forster 1869
Creators: name: Lima, Adriane G. M.
name: Fernandes, Daniell R. R.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Ichneumonidae
Chirotica

description: Chirotica Förster, 1869
Chirotica Förster, 1869: 173. Type species: Hemiteles insignis Gravenhorst, 1829, by subsequent designation by Schmiedeknecht (1897).
Allocota Förster, 1869: 173. Type: Allocota confederatae Ashmead, 1896, by subsequent monotypy by Ashmead (1896).
Spinolia Förster, 1869: 173. Type: Hemiteles maculipennis Gravenhorst, 1829, by subsequent monotypy by Schmiedeknecht (1897). Homonym of Spinolia Dahlbom, 1854 (Hymenoptera, Chrysididae).
Syneches Förster, 1869: 173. Type: Hemiteles thyridopteryx Riley, 1869; by subsequent monotypy by Ashmead (1900a). Homonym of Syneches Walker, 1852 (Diptera, Hybotidae).
Diaglypta Förster, 1869: 176. Type: Diaglypta radiata Ashmead, 1895 by subsequent monotypy by Ashmead (1895).
Deuterospinolia Dalla Torre, 1902: 678. Replacement name for Spinolia Förster, 1869.
Aphadnus Cameron, 1907: 26. Type: Aphadnus rufipes Cameron, 1907, by original monotypy.
Hymenosyneches Viereck, 1912: 149. Replacement name for Syneches Förster, 1869.
Diagnosis. Fore wing length 3.00 mm to8.00 mm. Center of face strongly prominent,with weakly to strongly distinctly median tubercle. Gena broad. Clypeus rather broad and moderately convex, with apical margin uniformly convex or weakly angled in the center. Temple rather short, with upper part usually extending behind posterior margin of eye. Lower part of genal carina weakly to strongly curved toward the hypostomal carina. Mandibular teeth pointed and equal in size. Maxillary palps not or moderately elongated. Mesoscutum with weakly punctuation and/or transverse striae, its median lobe with a longitudinal groove. Notaulus extending beyond center of the mesoscutum. Scutellum rather long and convex, with coarse punctuation and usually weak longitudinal striae; lateral carina of scutellum extending almost to the apex. Sternaulus strongly impressed in the first half of the length of mesopleuron and less impressed towards the base of mid coxa. Posterior transverse carina of the mesosternum complete. Propodeum with a complete set of carinae, except for area basalis and superomedia that are usually confluent. Area superomedia elongate, usually parallel-sided. Propodeum sometimes with a short to long apicolateral tooth. Vein 2rs-m much shorter than the portion of vein 1m-cu&M between vein 2rs-m and vein 2m-cu, sometimes obliterated by proximity of veins RS and 1m-cu&M. Tergite 1 rather long, expanded apically, without a lateromedian carina, with spiracle situated slightly beyond the middle. Sternite 1 long, without preapical transverse carina. Tergites 2 and 3 smooth or with soft transverse impressions, or moderately punctate and/or longitudinally striate. Epipleura of tergites 2 and 3 very narrow, separated by a crease. Epipleura of tergite 4 usually not separated by a crease. Ovipositor about 0.75 times as long as fore wing, with a moderately rounded, lanceolate apex.
Distribution. Worldwide.
description: Published as part of Lima, Adriane G. M. & Fernandes, Daniell R. R., 2024, Synopsis of the Darwin wasp Chirotica Förster, 1869 (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Phygadeuontinae) in Brazil, pp. 101-139 in Zootaxa 5418 (2) on page 106, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5418.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/10720786