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 terga; body ...
                           Axillae not extending forward of scutellum, or if sl...
                             Head in dorsal view with posterior ocelli distant fr...
                               Head without interantennal projection; mostly metall...
                                 Head and thorax may have setae, but smalle...

Notes: body shape elongate or normal

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body characteristically elongate (1-2 cm); head with ridged, raised areas between eye and scrobal basin. Extremely rare.

Leptofoeninae

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2.Leptofoenus rufus

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body less elongate (generally less than 1 cm); head without ridged, raised area between eye and scrobal basin. Common.

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2.Dibrachys cavus

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3.Dibrachys cavus

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4.Mesopolobus sp.

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5.Mesopolobus sp.

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6.Mesopolobus sp.

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7.Sisyridivora cavigena

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8.Sisyridivora cavigena

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9.Sisyridivora cavigena

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10.Trichomalus lucidus

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11. Xiphidriophagus meyerinckii... ↴

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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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