Asiocynips Kovalev 1982

Asiocynips Kovalev, 1982 Asiocynips Kovalev, 1982: 88. Type species: Asiocynips pannucea Kovalev, 1982 by original designation. Diagnosis. Asiocynips is distinguished from other genera of Phanacidini based on the following combination of characters: antenna shorter than body; fore wing marginal cell entirely closed; fore wing areolet present; fore wing with conspicuous marginal setae; mesoscutum with conspicuous transverse rugose sculpture; female antenna with 13 antennomeres. Asiocynips also has the notauli more or less indistinct, although this character is found in various other Phanacidini. See also diagnosis to Diakontschukia Melika, 2006. Diversity. Four species of Asiocynips are known: A. caulina Diakontschuk, 1988; A. cousiniae Diakontschuk, 1988; A. lugubris Kovalev, 1982; A. pannucea Kovalev, 1982 (Nastasi et al. in press). Biology. Species of Asiocynips induce galls on the stems of Cousinia Cass. (Asteraceae: Cardueae); A. caulina and A. cousiniae are associated with C. bipinnata Boiss. and C. refracta Jur. respectively (Diakontschuk 1988, Nastasi et al. in press). The Cousinia species used by A. lugubris and A. pannucea are unknown (Kovalev, 1982). Remarks. Species of Asiocynips were illustrated by Kovalev (1982), Diakontschuk (1988), and Melika (2006).