GENUS KERATODELLITHA JOUAULT, MARÉCHAL, WANG & PERRICHOT GEN. NOV.

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Type species: Keratodellitha basilisci Jouault, Maréchal, Wang & Perrichot, sp. nov.

Other species included: Keratodellitha anubis Jouault, Maréchal, Wang & Perrichot sp. nov.; Keratodellitha kirin Maréchal, Jouault & Perrichot sp. nov.

Etymology: The new generic name is a Latinized combination of the Greek words Κ έρας, horn, and δελλήθως, a kind of wasp. The gender of the name is feminine.

Diagnosis: Head with vertex flat to slightly convex; cephalic horn without apical teeth, with two transverse and parallel ridges, anterior ridge being slightly wider than second but both similar in shape; compound eye ovoid, without circumocular carina, inner lateral margins slightly concave; toruli widely separated by cephalic horn, located on lateral surfaces, opening dorsolaterally; malar space shorter than width of mandibular base; mandible with apical teeth slightly pointing, not overlapping tooth of opposite mandible; gena shorter than compound eyes; antenna with 22 flagellomeres, flagellum gradually decreasing in length and slightly in width towards apex; pronotum extending forward as short neck; legs bearing tarsal plantulae; fore wing with lcu-a confluent to 1M; veins M+Cu et Cu aligned; 2m-cu tubular; 2cu-a and 2A present; hind wing with numerous hamuli (five or more).