Anisocyrta Foerster, 1863

Zhu, Jiachen, Achterberg, Cornelis Van & Chen, Xuexin, 2025, A revision of five genera of Alysiini (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Alysiinae) from China, with description of five new species, Zootaxa 5569 (3), pp. 401-438 : 403

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Anisocyrta Foerster, 1863
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Anisocyrta Foerster, 1863 View in CoL View at ENA

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Anisocyrta Foerster, 1863: 268 View in CoL ; Shenefelt 1974: 955; Wharton 1980: 27–28; van Achterberg 1986: 285–297; Wharton 1997: 94.

Type-species: Alysia perdita Haliday, 1838 (by monotypy).

Diagnosis. First flagellomere 1.9–2.2 × longer than second flagellomere ( Figs 2F View FIGURE 2 , 4G View FIGURE 4 , 6I View FIGURE 6 , 8N View FIGURE 8 ); face smooth or with microsculpture ( Figs 2I View FIGURE 2 , 4J View FIGURE 4 , 6K View FIGURE 6 , 8J View FIGURE 8 ); frons flat and smooth ( Figs 2H View FIGURE 2 , 4I View FIGURE 4 , 6J View FIGURE 6 , 8I View FIGURE 8 ); mandible with fourth protuberance ventrally and often with incision between second and third tooth ( Figs 2J–K View FIGURE 2 , 4L View FIGURE 4 , 6M–N View FIGURE 6 , 8L–M View FIGURE 8 ); side of pronotum largely smooth except ventral side with some crenulae ( Figs 1A View FIGURE 1 , 2H View FIGURE 2 , 3A View FIGURE 3 , 4I View FIGURE 4 , 6C View FIGURE 6 , 8C View FIGURE 8 ); mesopleuron smooth; episternal scrobe deep and narrow; metapleuron smooth dorsally, but rugose ventrally ( Figs 2C View FIGURE 2 , 4D View FIGURE 4 , 6C View FIGURE 6 , 8C View FIGURE 8 ); notauli only anteriorly impressed, absent posteriorly; mesoscutum smooth and glabrous; medio-posterior depression round and shallow; scutellar sulcus deep and rather wide, with four carinae; metanotum sculptured, and weakly protruding dorsally; median carina of propodeum complete and areola absent ( Figs 2B View FIGURE 2 , 4C View FIGURE 4 , 6D View FIGURE 6 , 8D View FIGURE 8 ); vein r-m of fore wing present; vein 3-SR of fore wing longer than vein 2-SR; pterostigma linear or nearly so; m-cu of fore wing weakly postfurcal ( Figs 2A View FIGURE 2 , 4A–B View FIGURE 4 , 6A–B View FIGURE 6 , 8A–B View FIGURE 8 ); dorsal carinae of first tergite converging, medium-sized ( Figs 2D View FIGURE 2 , 4E View FIGURE 4 , 6F View FIGURE 6 , 8F View FIGURE 8 ); setose part of ovipositor sheath 0.5–0.7 × as long as fore wing, and 0.9–4.0 × as long as hind tibia.

Biology. Parasitoids of Anthomyiidae : Pegomya scapularis and P. circumpolaris ( Yakovlev & Tobias 1992) , P. pallidoscutellata (Koponen 2000) .

Distribution. Nearctic, Palaearctic, and Oriental regions ( Yu et al. 2016).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Braconidae

Loc

Anisocyrta Foerster, 1863

Zhu, Jiachen, Achterberg, Cornelis Van & Chen, Xuexin 2025
2025
Loc

Anisocyrta

Wharton, R. A. 1997: 94
van Achterberg, C. 1986: 285
Wharton, R. A. 1980: 27
Shenefelt, R. D. 1974: 955
Foerster, A. 1863: 268
1863
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