Belongs within: Entedoninae.
Entedon is a cosmopolitan genus of wasps that are mostly parasites of beetle larvae burrowing in plant stems or galls (Bouček 1988).
Characters (from Bouček 1988): Head and thorax strongly sclerotised, conspicuously reticulate, pilosity reduced to very few setae; these are conspicuous, strong, but only 2 pairs of them on mid lobe of mesoscutum. Antennae relatively short, in both sexes the flagellum with only one anellus and 5 conspicuous segments, the terminal 2 often, especially in all females, closely united into clava. Tentorial pits not distinct; clypeus transverse, often broad, its lower margin often more or less produced and almost always margined by a shallow groove. Upper margin of occiput forming a rectangular edge which is often sharply carinate. Pronotum medially reduced, non-carinate, but laterally forming a bristle-bearing subconical projection. Notauli not well defined in posterior half, axillae not distinctly advanced. Scutellum convex, without any grooves, also at apex without admarginal groove (occasionally a median groove is suggested anteriorly by finer meshes of sculpture). Propodeum with distinct median carina set in a groove-like depression, the submedian areas convex, mostly smooth, rarely reticulate; spiracle on an elevated area which bears a lateral subconical projection behind the spiracle, elevation is delimited laterally and anteriorly by a deep curving groove which may continue inside by a depression where normally a plica would be; the depression is posteriorly connected by a grooved supracoxal flange with the groove outside of the median carina. Female gaster often sessile or shortly petiolate, in males the petiole is distinctly longer, often distinctly elongate.
<==Entedon Dahlman 1820 (see below for synonymy)B88 |--*E. cyanellusB88 |--E. abdera Walker 1839W39a |--E. abrota Walker 1839W39a |--E. acamas Walker 1839W39a |--E. acerbas Walker 1839W39a |--E. acestor Walker 1839W39a |--E. acoris Walker 1839W39a |--E. aereiscapus (Girault 1927) [=Entedonella aereiscapus]B88 |--E. aesopus Walker 1839W39a |--E. afranius Walker 1839W39a |--E. agamedes Walker 1839W39a |--E. alaspharus Walker 1839W39a |--E. albigenu (Dodd in Girault 1915) [=Pelorotelopsella albigenu]B88 |--E. alcaeus Walker 1839W39a |--E. alphenus Walker 1839W39a |--E. altadas Walker 1839W39a |--E. amanus Walker 1839W39a |--E. amasis Walker 1839W39a |--E. amphis Walker 1839W39a |--E. amyclas Walker 1839W39a |--E. amyite Walker 1839W39a |--E. amyntas Walker 1839W39a |--E. amyrtaeus Walker 1839W39a |--E. antander Walker 1839W39a |--E. anthylla Walker 1839W39a |--E. argon Walker 1839W39a |--E. arisba Walker 1839W39a |--E. aso Walker 1839W39a |--E. assis Walker 1839W39a |--E. atys Walker 1839W39a |--E. australiansis (Girault 1913) (see below for synonymy)B88 |--E. beon Walker 1839W39a |--E. bibulus Walker 1839W39a |--E. busiris Walker 1839W39a |--E. butus Walker 1839W39a |--E. caenus Walker 1839W39a |--E. caesius Walker 1839W39a |--E. calitor Walker 1839W39a |--E. carne Walker 1839W39a |--E. charaxus Walker 1839W39a |--E. charino Walker 1839W39a |--E. chilo Walker 1839W39a |--E. chthonia Walker 1839W39a |--E. cilla Walker 1839W39a |--E. clinius Walker 1839W39a |--E. clita Walker 1839W39a |--E. clymene Walker 1839W39a |--E. coilus Walker 1839W39a |--E. columbiana Ashmead 1888GM79 [incl. E. bigeloviae Ashmead 1894G22, GM79, E. robustus (Crawford 1907)G22, GM79] |--E. corytus Walker 1839W39a |--E. cydon Walker 1839W39a |--E. daunus Walker 1839W39a |--E. diastatae (Howard 1881)GM79 [incl. Achrysocharis punctiventris Crawford 1912G34, GM79] |--E. dimas Walker 1839W39a |--E. diotimus Walker 1839W39a |--E. emperamus Walker 1839W39b |--E. enephes Walker 1839W39a |--E. epaphus Walker 1839W39a |--E. epeus Walker 1839W39a |--E. ergias Walker 1839W39a |--E. erginnus Walker 1839W39a |--E. erigone Walker 1839W39a |--E. eropus Walker 1839W39a |--E. eubius Walker 1839W39a |--E. euphorion Walker 1839W39a |--E. eutropius Walker 1839W39a |--E. excelsus (Girault 1913) [=*Uracrias excelsus]B88 |--E. formosus [=Closterocerus formosus]W39a |--E. gemmaW39a |--E. gemmeus [=Derostenus gemmeus]W39a |--E. genu (Girault 1913) [=*Pelorotelopsella genu]B88 |--E. hegelochus Walker 1839W39b |--E. hercyna Walker 1839W39a |--E. idyia Walker 1839W39a |--E. inarus Walker 1839W39a |--E. ithonus Walker 1839W39a |--E. laelius Walker 1839W39a |--E. lanassa Walker 1839W39a |--E. laomedon Walker 1839W39a |--E. larina Walker 1839W39a |--E. laticeps (Dodd 1917) [=*Acanthentedon laticeps]B88 |--E. leucippus Walker 1839W39a |--E. linus Walker 1839W39a |--E. lyaeus Walker 1839W39a |--E. lycambes Walker 1839W39a |--E. lycoris Walker 1839W39a |--E. lysis Walker 1839W39a |--E. magnificus (Girault & Dodd in Girault 1913) [=*Entedonella magnifica; incl. Metacrias clara Girault 1929]B88 |--E. marica Walker 1839W39a |--E. matho Walker 1839W39a |--E. melaenis Walker 1839W39a |--E. mento Walker 1839W39a |--E. mera Walker 1839W39a |--E. merion Walker 1839W39a |--E. metella Walker 1839W39a |--E. methion Walker 1839B88 |--E. metius Walker 1839W39a |--E. mithras Walker 1839W39a |--E. naenia Walker 1839W39a |--E. nautes Walker 1839W39a |--E. navius Walker 1839W39a |--E. nephereus Walker 1839W39a |--E. nephthe Walker 1839W39a |--E. nitetis Walker 1839W39a |--E. novellus Walker 1839W39a |--E. occidentalis Girault 1916GM79 |--E. ochus Walker 1839W39a |--E. ocyalus Walker 1839W39a |--E. parmys Walker 1839W39a |--E. parsodes Walker 1839W39a |--E. pentheus Walker 1839W39a |--E. phaenna Walker 1839W39a |--E. phaola Walker 1839W39a |--E. pharnus Walker 1839W39a |--E. phruron Walker 1839W39a |--E. phryne Walker 1839W39a |--E. polyzo Walker 1839W39a |--E. pontinus Walker 1839W39a |--E. proclea Walker 1839W39a |--E. prodice Walker 1839W39a |--E. pyrgo Walker 1839W39a |--E. rex (Girault 1929) [=Pelorotelopsella rex]B88 |--E. rhesus Walker 1839W39a |--E. rubigus Walker 1839W39a |--E. sartamus Walker 1839W39a |--E. saulius Walker 1839W39a |--E. secundus (Girault 1913) [=Metacrias secundus]B88 |--E. sosarmus Walker 1839W39a |--E. sparetus Walker 1839W39a |--E. sylvestrisHB13 |--E. syma Walker 1839W39a |--E. tamus Walker 1839W39a |--E. tanis Walker 1839W39a |--E. tegar Walker 1839W39a |--E. telephe Walker 1839 [incl. Smaragdites admirabilis]W39a |--E. temenus Walker 1839W39a |--E. termerus Walker 1839W39a |--E. theana Walker 1839W39a |--E. thersamon Walker 1839W39a |--E. thoe Walker 1839W39a |--E. thonis Walker 1839W39a |--E. turcicus [=Eulophus turcicus]W39a |--E. vagellius Walker 1839W39a |--E. varus Walker 1839W39a |--E. victoriensis (Girault 1928) [=Metacrias victoriensis]B88 |--E. washingtoni Girault 1917GM79 `--E. zanara Walker 1839W39a
Entedon Dahlman 1820 [incl. Acanthentedon Dodd 1917, Entedonella Girault 1913, Metacrias Girault 1913 non Meyrick 1886, Metacriasinus Ghesquière 1946, Pelorotelopsella Girault 1913, Uracrias Girault 1913]B88
Entedon australiansis (Girault 1913) [=*Metacrias australiansis, Metacrias australiensis, *Metacriasinus australiansis, Pelorotelopsella australiansis]B88
*Type species of generic name indicated
References
[B88] Bouček, Z. 1988. Australasian Chalcidoidea (Hymenoptera): A biosystematic revision of genera of fourteen families, with a reclassification of species. CAB International: Wallingford (UK).
[G22] Girault, A. A. 1922. The North American species of Emersonella and Entedon with excuses, etc. Privately published (reprinted: Gordh, G., A. S. Menke, E. C. Dahms & J. C. Hall. 1979. The privately printed papers of A. A. Girault. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 28: 165).
[G34] Girault, A. A. 1934. Miridae et Hymenoptera nova Australiensis. Privately published (reprinted: Gordh, G., A. S. Menke, E. C. Dahms & J. C. Hall. 1979. The privately printed papers of A. A. Girault. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 28: 308–310).
[GM79] Gordh, G., A. S. Menke, E. C. Dahms & J. C. Hall. 1979. The privately printed papers of A. A. Girault. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 28: 1–400.
[HB13] Heraty, J. M., R. A. Burks, A. Cruaud, G. A. P. Gibson, J. Liljeblad, J. Munro, J.-Y. Rasplus, G. Delvare, P. Janšta, A. Gumovsky, J. Huber, J. B. Woolley, L. Krogmann, S. Heydon, A. Polaszek, S. Schmidt, D. C. Darling, M. W. Gates, J. Mottern, E. Murray, A. D. Molin, S. Triapitsyn, H. Baur, J. D. Pinto, S. van Noort, J. George & M. Yoder. 2013. A phylogenetic analysis of the megadiverse Chalcidoidea (Hymenoptera). Cladistics 29: 466–542.
[W39a] Walker, F. 1839a. Monographia Chalciditum vol. 1. Hyppolitus Ballière: London.
[W39b] Walker, F. 1839b. Monographia Chalciditum vol. 2. Species collected by C. Darwin, Esq. Hyppolite Baillière: London.