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Astichomyiia

Astichomyiia latiscapus Girault, non-type female

Astichomyiia latiscapus Girault, non-type female

Astichomyiia latiscapus Girault, thoracic dorsum, non-type female

Astichomyiia latiscapus Girault, head frontal, non-type female

Astichomyiia latiscapus Girault, arrow points at angular transepimeral sulcus

Author, year, journal with original description

Girault, A.A., 1917, Descriptiones Hymenopterorum Chalcidoidicarum Variorum cum Observationibus, III. 10pp. Privately published

Type species

Astichomyiia latiscapus Girault (lectotype female in the United States National Museum of Natural History, Washington, D.C.)

Synonym names

None

Diagnosis

Frontal suture straight and placed close to anterior ocellus; antennal scrobes as distinct and narrow grooves, joining with frontal suture separately; midlobe of mesoscutum with 3-4 pairs of setae; transepimeral sulcus angular

Number of species

Four

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Distribution

Neotropical region: Costa Rica, Mexico

Biology

Reared from leafgalls of Cecidomyiidae (Diptera) on Coussapoa villosa (Moraceae), Ficus sp. (Moraceae), Inga spp. (Mimosaceae) and Persea gratissima (Lauraceae)

Literature

Girault, A.A., 1917. Descriptiones Hymenopterorum Chalcidoidicarum Variorum cum Observationibus, III. 10pp. Privately published

Hansson, C. 2002. Eulophidae of Costa Rica, 1. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute, 67:1-290 (Astichomyiia is treated on pp. 16-20)