Janssoniella Kerrich, 1957

Tselikh, E. V., 2020, Review of the eastern Palaearctic species of Janssoniella (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae), with descriptions of four new species, Zoosystematica Rossica (China) 29 (2), pp. 301-315 : 302

Genus Janssoniella Kerrich, 1957

Type species: Janssoniella caudata Kerrich, 1957 , by original designation.

Characteristics of the genus. Occiput without carina. Anterior margin of clypeus broadly truncate or slightly arched. Tentorial pits deep. Mandibular formula 3:4. Antennal formula 11263, all anelli transverse, F1–F6 longer than broad, F1 with two–five rows of dense sensilla, clava without terminal and subterminal patch of micropilosity. Pronotum without carina, in dorsal view less than 0.5 times longer than broad; notauli complete; prepectus flat and uniformly reticulate; frenal line not close to hind margin of scutellum. Propodeum with median carina; nucha reduced. Fore wing mainly hyaline, with brownish tint or with fuscous cloud below stigma. Metasoma lanceolate, longer than combined length of head and mesosoma; petiole (Mt1) transverse.

Remarks. The differences between Janssoniella and the similar genus Gastracanthus Westwood, 1833 are given in the keys of Bouček & Rasplus (1991) and Heydon (1997).