Ivondrovia Shenefelt & Marsh, 1976

Type species Lophogaster seyrigi Granger, 1949 .

Lophogaster Granger, 1949: 93 (preocc., not Lophogaster Sars, 1857, Crustacea).

Ivondrovia Shenefelt & Marsh, 1976: 1364; Yu et al. 2016; Belokobylskij et al. 2018: 89.

Diagnosis. Occipital carina completely absent. Frons with shallow depression and almost without keel. Third segment of labial palp slightly shortened. Scapus of antenna common, without transformation. Notauli deep and complete. Propodeum mainly smooth, with long median carina and delineated areola. Precoxal furrow present, but shallow. Hind coxa without dorsal projections and basoventral tubercle. First discal cell of fore wing petiolate anteriorly. Hind wing vein m-cu long and strongly curved towards the apical margin of the wing; marginal cell without transverse vein r; vein M + CU longer than vein 1-M. Second metasomal tergite with deep lateral furrows, convergent posteriorly and fused with second suture; these furrows and second suture medially define a large and leaf-shaped median area; additionally, second tergite in anterolateral half with subtriangular area delineated by shallow or deep furrows.

Distribution. Ethiopian region. Two recognised species.