
Belongs within: Systasidae.
Systasis is a cosmopolitan genus of wasps of uncertain biology: they may parasitise insect larvae within galls, or they may be gall-formers themselves (Bouček 1988).
Characters (from Bouček 1988): Body with more or less distinct metallic tinge; antenna with seven segments between pedicel and clava; thoracic dorsum usually lacking coarse punctures, usually with dense reticulation (and then dull) or very dense but fine puncturation; propodeum deeply reticulate; forewing with rather sparse pilosity, with a large speculum anteriorly reaching virtually the distal end of the marginal vein, thus making conspicuous a row of longish hairs on the underside, below the marginal vein; marginal vein more than twice as long as stigmal, postmarginal vein usually only slightly longer than the stigmal; legs usually more or less infuscate.
Systasis Walker 1834 [incl. Guieralia Risbec 1951, Paruriella Girault 1913, Systasina Bouček 1955]B88
|--*S. encyrtoidesB88
|--S. australiensis (Girault 1913) [=Paruriella australiensis]B88
|--‘Miscogaster’ bato Walker 1839B88
|--S. cecidomyiae (Ashmead 1900) [=Asemantus cecidomyiae]B88
|--S. cecili Girault 1929B88
|--S. cernus (Walker 1839) [=Miscogaster cernus, Seladerma cernum]B88
|--S. dasyneuraeA71
|--S. dice (Walker 1839) [=Miscogaster dice, Semiotellus dice, Semiotus dice]B88
|--S. doddi (Girault 1915) [=Schizonotus doddi]B88
|--S. euctemon (Walker 1839) [=Pteromalus euctemon]B88
|--S. flindersiae Girault 1934G34
|--S. graminis (Cameron 1912) (see below for synonymy)B88
|--S. grotiusi Girault 1915B88
|--S. henrici Girault 1913B88
|--S. horridula (Girault 1915) [=Paruriella horridula]B88
|--S. insularis Dodd & Girault in Girault 1915B88
|--S. keatsi Girault 1927B88
|--S. lelex (Walker 1839) [=Pteromalus lelex]B88
|--‘Miscogaster’ letus Walker 1839B88
|--S. merula (Walker 1839) [=Miscogaster merula, Semiotellus merula, Semiotus merula]B88
|--S. persimilis (Dodd & Girault in Girault 1915) [=Paruriella persimilis]B88
|--S. punctativertex Girault 1915B88
|--S. seposita Girault 1915 [=S. sepositus]B88
`--S. varipes Girault 1915B88
Systasis graminis (Cameron 1912) [=Callimome graminis, Paruriella graminis; incl. C. reticulatus Cameron 1912, Systasis reticulata]B88
*Type species of generic name indicated
References
Bouček, Z. 1988. Australasian Chalcidoidea (Hymenoptera): A biosystematic revision of genera of fourteen families, with a reclassification of species. CAB International: Wallingford (UK).