Caradocia Laing

(Figs 18, 80)

Diagnosis: Head deflexed, almost at right angle to longitudinal body axis, considerably wider than mesoscutum; vertex strongly concave posteriorly; lateral ocelli raised on tubercles situated inwards from latero-posterior margin, almost in line with the inner margin of antennal insertions (Fig. 18); occipital sclerite very broad so eyes appear stalked; genal processes conspicuous, longer than vertex length, adpressed apically. Antennae 4.3–5.5 times head width; segment 8 the longest; terminal setae subequal and shorter than segment 10. Forewing broadly rounded apically; pterostigma rudimentary or absent; cell m1 long and narrow. Metacoxa with narrow and pointed meracanthus; metatibia with a small genual spine and an apical crown of spurs; metabasitarsus with two apical spurs. Male proctiger with posterior lobe in the two basal thirds, apically narrow and cylindrical. Female terminalia cuneate.

Biology and damage: Unknown.

Host-plants: Tapirira guianensis (Anacardiaceae) reported for Caradocia longiantennata White & Hodkinson (Burckhardt & Queiroz 2012) .

Distribution: Central and South America (Hodkinson 1989).

Remarks: This is the first record of the genus in Colombia.

Examined material: Caradocia sp.: Meta: 1 (female), PNN Sierra de La Macarena, Casino, 3°21’N, 73°56’W, 490 m, 10–20-Apr-2004, on Malaise (W. Villalba), IAvH-E.