Anisocyrta Foerster 1863

Anisocyrta Foerster, 1863 Figs 1–8 Anisocyrta Foerster, 1863: 268; Shenefelt 1974: 955; Wharton 1980: 27–28; van Achterberg 1986: 285–297; Wharton 1997: 94. Type-species: Alysia perdita Haliday, 1838 (by monotypy). Diagnosis. First flagellomere 1.9–2.2 × longer than second flagellomere (Figs 2F, 4G, 6I, 8N); face smooth or with microsculpture (Figs 2I, 4J, 6K, 8J); frons flat and smooth (Figs 2H, 4I, 6J, 8I); mandible with fourth protuberance ventrally and often with incision between second and third tooth (Figs 2J–K, 4L, 6M–N, 8L–M); side of pronotum largely smooth except ventral side with some crenulae (Figs 1A, 2H, 3A, 4I, 6C, 8C); mesopleuron smooth; episternal scrobe deep and narrow; metapleuron smooth dorsally, but rugose ventrally (Figs 2C, 4D, 6C, 8C); notauli only anteriorly impressed, absent posteriorly; mesoscutum smooth and glabrous; medio-posterior depression round and shallow; scutellar sulcus deep and rather wide, with four carinae; metanotum sculptured, and weakly protruding dorsally; median carina of propodeum complete and areola absent (Figs 2B, 4C, 6D, 8D); vein r-m of fore wing present; vein 3-SR of fore wing longer than vein 2-SR; pterostigma linear or nearly so; m-cu of fore wing weakly postfurcal (Figs 2A, 4A–B, 6A–B, 8A–B); dorsal carinae of first tergite converging, medium-sized (Figs 2D, 4E, 6F, 8F); setose part of ovipositor sheath 0.5–0.7 × as long as fore wing, and 0.9–4.0 × as long as hind tibia. Biology. Parasitoids of Anthomyiidae: Pegomya scapularis and P. circumpolaris (Yakovlev & Tobias 1992), P. pallidoscutellata (Koponen 2000). Distribution. Nearctic, Palaearctic, and Oriental regions (Yu et al. 2016).