Philoplitis

General description: 

Diagnosis. Adults of Philoplitis are distinguished by the following characteristics: palpi usually dark, with apical segments of maxillary palps paler; pronotum laterally with broad, crenulate dorsal groove and narrow ventral one; propleuron with lobe above coxae extending up and back over lower corner of pronotum; mesoscutum usually with carinate lateral margin above tegulae; scutellum coarsely punctate and greatly prolonged posteriorly over propodeum, being about as long as mesoscutum when measured from anterior margin of scutellar scrobe; metanotum punctate and withdrawn from scutellum exposing scutellar phragma, with anterior margin bearing long, cylindrical, apically setose process laterally; propodeum strongly rugose and bearing complete median longitudinal carina; mediotergite 1 rectangular and mediotergite 2 with truncate, smooth or sculptured pyramidal area; metatibiae with inner spur extending slightly beyond the middle of first tarsomere.

Diagnosis. Adults of Philoplitis are distinguished by the following characteristics: palpi usually dark, with apical segments of maxillary palps paler; pronotum laterally with broad, crenulate dorsal groove and narrow ventral one; propleuron with lobe above coxae extending up and back over lower corner of pronotum; mesoscutum usually with carinate lateral margin above tegulae; scutellum coarsely punctate and greatly prolonged posteriorly over propodeum, being about as long as mesoscutum when measured from anterior margin of scutellar scrobe; metanotum punctate and withdrawn from scutellum exposing scutellar phragma, with anterior margin bearing long, cylindrical, apically setose process laterally; propodeum strongly rugose and bearing complete median longitudinal carina; mediotergite 1 rectangular and mediotergite 2 with truncate, smooth or sculptured pyramidal area; metatibiae with inner spur extending slightly beyond the middle of first tarsomere.

Scratchpads developed and conceived by (alphabetical): Ed Baker, Katherine Bouton Alice Heaton Dimitris Koureas, Laurence Livermore, Dave Roberts, Simon Rycroft, Ben Scott, Vince Smith