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Hemiandrus Ander 1938

Species of Hemiandrus have females with either long, medium or very short ovipositors. In some species the ovipositor of the adult female is so small it is easily overlooked, and this difficulty in distinguishing males and females is why Ander 1938 used the name Hemiandrus (half male).

Hemiandrus bilobatus Ander 1938; Hemiandrus celaeno Trewick et al. 2020; Hemiandrus electra Taylor-Smith, et al. 2013; Hemiandrus focalis (Hutton, 1896); Hemiandrus maia Taylor-Smith et al. 2013; Hemiandrus merope Trewick et al. 2020; Hemiandrus pallitarsis (Walker, 1871) (See Trewick et al. 2020); Hemiandrus sterope Trewick et al. 2020; Hemiandrus superba Jewell 2007; Hemiandrus taygete Trewick et al. 2020; Hemiandrus jacinda, Trewick 2021.

Hemiandrus anomalus Salmon, 1950 is junior synonym of H. bilobatus judging by characters of the male holotype, the female type is a juvenile and not diagnosable. H. lanceolatus (Walker, 1869) is represented by a juvenile specimen (Johns 2001) and is best considered nomen nudum. H. similis Ander, 1938 is a synonym of H. pallitarsis (Trewick et al. 2020).


	Hemiandrus pallitarsis female	Hemiandrus jacinda female