Anterhynchium de Saussure, 1863

Anterhynchium de Saussure, 1863 View in CoL View at ENA

Anterhynchium de Saussure, 1863: 205 View in CoL , name for division I of genus Rhynchium Spinola in de Saussure 1852: 103 View in CoL . Anterhynchium View in CoL : Nguyen 2015: 133 View Cited Treatment .

Anterrhynchium: Dalla Torre 1904: 33 (incorrect spelling of Anterhynchium de Saussure View in CoL ).

Type species. Rygchium synagroides de Saussure, 1852 View in CoL , by subsequent designation of van der Vecht 1963: 73.

Diagnosis. Anterior face of pronotum without foveae; metanotum without tubercles; scutum and scutellum punctate; metanotum angled; axillary fossa in dorsal view much narrower than long, slit-like; propodeum without deep fossae, crenulate or toothed laterally; propodeal dorsum not at same level as metanotum; submarginal carina and valvula not produced; mesepisternum with epicnemial carina present; metasomal segment I sessile, about as wide as II, tergum I not carinate; tegula not evenly rounded posteriorly, emarginate adjoining parategula and not reaching apex of latter; forewing with second submarginal cell not petiolate, with prestigma nearly equal the length of the pterostigma, measured along posterior part, third submarginal cell separated from apex of marginal cell by about its own length. Male sternum VII without tubercles; male midfemur not basally emarginate.

Subgenera included. Anterhynchium de Saussure, 1863 , Dirhynchium van der Vecht, 1963 , and Epiodynerus Giordani Soika, 1958 .

Species included. 40 species in total, of them four were recorded in Vietnam: A. ( A.) mellyi (de Saussure, 1852) , A. ( A.) punctatum Nguyen, 2015 , A. ( D.) flavolineatum ( Smith, 1857) , and A. ( D.) conformalum sp. nov.

Distribution. From India to New Guinea, Australia and several Pacific islands.