Acropimpla Townes, 1960 Selenaspis Roman, 1910: 191. Name preoccupied by Bleeker, 1858 and by Leonardi, 1898. Type: Hemipimpla alboscutellaris Szepligeti; original designation. Acropimpla Townes, 1960: 159. Type: Charitopimpla leucostoma Cameron; original designation. Diagnosis. Body moderately long; clypeus with median apical notch; malar space short; occipital carina complete, slightly concave medio-dorsally; propodeum short and convex, with or without median longitudinal carina; fore wing with areolet nearly triangular, receiving vein 2 m-cu near apex, vein 2 rs-m always shorter than vein 3 rs-m; hind wing with first abscissa of vein Cu 1 much longer than vein cu-a; first tergite short and wide; second tergite with short, oblique groove cutting off basolateral corner; tergites 3–4 with distinct tubercles; ovipositor straight, tip of dorsal valve in profile a little concave behind nodus, lower valve with oblique ridges apically (Gupta & Tikar 1976).

Published as part of Pham, Nhi Thi, Broad, Gavin R. & Wägele, Wolfgang J., 2011, The genus Acropimpla Townes (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Pimplinae) in Vietnam, with descriptions of three new species, pp. 1-12 in Zootaxa 2921 on page 2, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.200549