Chalcididae

Key to genera of Chalcididae of Goa, India

1. Hind tibia obliquely truncated at the apex and with one spur (Figure 53).................. 2

– Hind tibia perpendicularly truncated at the apex and with two spurs (Figure 54)... 5

2. Head with two projecting horns (Figure 58)............................................................................. 3

– Head without projecting horns (Figure 59)................................................................................ 4

3. Head below the apex of each horn without distinct additional teeth in lateral view (Figure 82); scutellum with median impuctate strip (Figure 86)........ Dirhinus Dalman

– Head below the apex of each horn with distinct additional teeth in lateral view (Figure 83); scutellum without median impuctate strip (Figure 87).................................................................................................................................................................... Eniacomorpha Girault

4. Gaster with long slender petiole; petiole with longitudinal carinae (Figures 34, 36)....................................................................................................................................... Epitranus Fabricius

– Gaster sessile without distinct petiole (Figures 20, 22, 24, 26, 28)...................................................................................................................................................................... Brachymeria Cameron

5. Fore wing with marginal vein removed from wing margin; post-marginal vein absent, stigmal vein short (Figure 60).......................................................................................................... 6

– Fore wing with marginal vein at wing margin; post-marginal vein present; stigmal vein well developed (Figure 61)..................................................................................................... 7

6. Clava with oblique segmentation (Figure 62)...................... Indoinvreia Roy and Farooqi

– Clava with normal segmentation (Figure 63).......................................... Psilochalcis Kieffer

7. Scutellum greatly bulging in lateral view (Figure 52)........................................ Uga Girault

– Scutellum normal in lateral view (Figure 46)............................................................................. 8

8. Hind tibia with an additional carina externally (Figure 55)................................................. 9

– Hind tibia without additional carina externally (Figure 54).............................................. 10

9. Hind femur on ventral margin with a prominent dent followed by a comb of teeth (Figure 56).................................................................................................................. Neochalcis Kirby

– Hind femur on ventral margin without a prominent dent (Figure 55).................................................................................................................................................................... Haltichella Spinola

10. Frons with preorbital carina, behind anterior ocellus to inner margin of eyes; scrobe deep (Figure 64)................................................................................................................................. 11

– Frons without preorbital carinae; scrobe shallow (Figure 65).............. Hockeria Walker

11. Hind femur either uni- or bilobed (Figure 54); transverse carina distinct............................................................................................................................................................ Antrocephalus Kirby

– Hind femur trilobed (Figure 57); transverse carina indistinct or developed laterally..................................................................................................................... Kriechbaumerella Dalla Torre

Antrocephalus Kirby, 1883

Antrocephalus Kirby, 1883: 54, 63. Type species: Halticella fascicornis Walker; designated by Kirby (1883)

Coelochalcis Cameron, 1904: 110. Type species: Coelochalcis carinifrons Cameron, by monotypy (synonymised with Antrocephalus by Narendran (1986))

Dilla Strand, 1911: 210. Type species: Antrocephalus rufipes Kieffer, by original designation (synonymised with Antrocephalus by Steffan (1953))

Stomatoceroides Girault, 1913b: 140. Type species: Stomatoceroides bicolour Girault, by original designation. (synonymised with Antrocephalus by Bouček (1988 b))

Metarretocera Girault, 1927: 325. Type species: Metarretocera bursi Girault, by monotypy (synonymised with Antrocephalus by Bouček (1988 b))

Tainania Masi, 1929: 159. Type species Tainania acutiventris Masi, by original designation (synonymised by Narendran, 1977 with Antrocephalus)

Sabatiella Masi, 1929c: 167–168. Type species: Sabatiella nigra Masi, by original designation (synonymised with Antrocephalus by Habu (1960))

Stomatocerella Girault, 1930: [4]. Type species: Stomatocerella anna Girault, by monotypy (synonymised with Antrocephalus by Bouček (1988 b))

Uxa Girault, 1930: 4. Type species Stomatoceroides clariscapus Dodd, by original designation [synonymised with Antrocephalus by Bouček (1988 b)]

Dillisca Ghesquière, 1946: 367. Replacement name for Dilla Strand considered to be preoccupied by Dila Fisher de Waldheim (synonymised with Antrocephalus by Steffan (1953))