282a (280b). Sides of head ("cheeks") laterally ridged, temple
absent (Fig.A), gena posteriorly
produced into a lamina; antenna clubbed, all preclub
segments of flagellum at right angles
to longitudinal axis; scutellum anteriorly with 2 deep
pits; second dorsal plate of petiolate
abdomen very large, covering most of dorsum, dorsally
somewhat fused with the 1st dorsal
plate........................................................……........................ Pteromalidae
(Asaphinae)....[also see 294]
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282b. Sides of head rounded laterally; notauli (= longitudinal
sutures of the mesonotum
separating the median area from the lateral area)
incomplete and wide apart; marginal vein
widened in basal part (Fig.A); clypeal margin often with deep incision and asymmetric
teeth; dorsum of thorax
reticulate, almost bare, without bristles (Fig.B)..........................
..............................……….................... Pteromalidae (Pteromalinae / Miscogasterinae)....[also see 294]
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