Handbook of Nearctic Chalcidoidea

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   Hindfemur not enlarged, ventral teeth, if present, 2...
     Antenna with 5-8 segments between pedicel and club; ...
       Hindwing without stalk, expanded as shown; forewing ...
         Mesopleuron concave; midtibial spur thin and spinelike.
           Head projecting downward, female without appendage o...
             Antennal insertion clearly more than one torulus dia...
               Forewing stigma not enlarged, shorter than stigmal v...
                 Scutellum without submedian grooves, or if present (...
                   Hindcoxa nearly same size as forecoxa; if questional...
                     Pronotum in dorsal view narrowed to a transverse str...
                       Pronotum visible in dorsal view, scutum not strongly...
                         Metasoma with 3 or more readily visible te...

Notes: axillae forward from scutellum

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Axillae (ax) advanced far forward of scutellum or cutting a sharp angle into side lobe of scutum.

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Axillae enlarged, nearly meeting me...

Axillae not enlarged, not close med...

Scutellum posteriorly without trian... ... Colotrechninae

Scutellum posteriorly with triangul... ... Macromesinae

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Axillae not extending forward of scutellum, or if slightly advanced, not cutting a sharp angle into side lobe of scutum.

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2.Epiclerus nearcticus

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Head in dorsal view with posterior ...

Head in dorsal view with posterior ...

Head with projection between antenn... ... Cerocephalinae

Head without interantennal projecti...

Head and thorax dorsally with black... ... Diparinae

Head and thorax may have setae, but...

Body characteristically elongate (1... ... Leptofoeninae

Body less elongate (generally less ...

Inner eye margins divergent ventral... ... Cleonyminae

Inner eye margins essentially paral...

Either eyes, head, and thorax densl...

Eye, head, and thorax densely cover... ... Herbertiinae

Eyes bare; scutellum essentially po... ... Tetracampidae

Scutellum with 2-3 pairs bristles; ... ... Platynocheilinae

Scutellum with 2 pairs bristles; pr... ... Tetracampinae

Eyes not densely setose, head and t...

Sides of head("cheeks") carinate la... ... Asaphinae

Sides of head rounded laterally. ... Pteromalinae

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