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Character: Position of lateral carina of frons
1: with posterior ends directed towards lateral ocelli
2: with posterior ends directed towards median ocellus
3: with posterior ends meeting anterior to ocelli forming a complete circle
4: absent
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Character: Presence and shape of 2nd submarginal cell of forewing
1: quadrate, or slightly narrowing anteriorly
2: triangular
3: absent
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Character: Shape of tarsal claws
1: fore and mid claws cleft
2: fore and mid claws with a basal lobe
3: fore and mid claws simple
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Character: sculpture of median tergite 3
1: extensively striate in anterior half or more
2: not extensively striate, usually smooth or weakly coriarious
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Character: Length of foretibial spurs
1: about as long as basitarsus, and ending in a long thin style
2: less that 3/4 length of fore basitarsus, and ending abruptly
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Character: Length of mouthparts
1: mouthparts long, galea significantly longer than wide; gena often elongate
2: mouthparts short (normal), galea not longer than wide; gena not especially elongate
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Character: frons, with or without lateral carinae
1: bordered with carinae
2: not bordered with carinae
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Character: sculpture of first median tergite
1: mostly striate
2: entirely smooth
3: mostly granulate or coriarious
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Character: Presence of adventitious vein (2RS) on r-m crossvein of forewing
1: absent or indicated only by slight swelling
2: present and distinct
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Character: Length of ovipositor
1: short, barely exerted or less than half length of metasoma
2: longer than half length of metasoma
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Character: Presence of notauli
1: present but not necessarily complete
2: absent
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Character: Presence of RS+M vein of forewing
1: mostly or entirely absent
2: present and complete
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Character: Presence of ventral longitudinal carinae on hind trochantellus
1: hind trochantellus with one or two distinct carinae
2: hind trochantellus lacking carinae
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Character: Position of metasomal cavity (MC) (where the metasoma inserts into the mesosoma)
1: situated entirely dorsal to coxal cavities (CC); wide, high, straight, transverse carinae (TC) between metasomal (MC) and coxal cavities
2: situated partly between coxal cavities (CC); wide, high, straight, transverse carinae (TC) between metasomal (MC) and coxal cavities absent, usually curved and relatively shallow if present
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Character: Shape of lateral carina of frons
1: lamellate (high and thin)
2: in the form of a blunt ridge, not lamellate
3: absent
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Character: Presence of RS vein of forewing
1: completely absent
2: present, though sometimes interupted at midlength
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Character: Tubular carinae surrounding antennal sockets
1: present and high, resulting in a deep groove between antennae
2: absent or low, groove between antennae may be present but not so pronounced
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