Gastraspis
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Ordo: Hymenoptera
Familia: Figitidae
Name
Gastraspis Lin, 1988 – Wikispecies link – Pensoft Profile
Remarks
Rare. Possibly congeneric with Ganaspis.
Diagnosis
Small Ganaspis-type eucoilines most easily characterised by the elongate female metasoma. These specimens also show the following characteristics: short coxal hair tuft; a rather large, flat scutellar plate and relatively large scutellar foveae; metapleural margin with an elongate excision; wing with a very slightly emarginate apex and an elongate marginal cell. Associated males are very difficult to discern within the range of variation present in Ganaspis.
Distribution
Described from Taiwan, but here reported also from Africa. Afrotropical records: Central African Republic, Kenya (here).
Biology
Hosts unknown.
Species richness
Undescribed species in the region.
