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Key to Families of Ceraphronoidea
(Derived primarily from Gauld & Bolton 1988
by E. F. Legner
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[Please refer to <Guide> and <Taxnames> for illustrations]
Ceraphronoidea <Overivew>
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1a. Mid leg with one tibial spur; mesonotum
without prescutal sutures, with or without median longitudinal furrow;
longer tibial spur of fore leg not forked apically; antenna with 9-11
segments .......... Ceraphronidae
<Habits>; <Adults>
& <Juveniles>
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1b.
Mid leg with two tibial spurs; mesonotum, at least anteriorly, with
prescutal sutures and almost always with median longitudinal furrow, or if
prescutal sutures absent then pronotum very elongated and ocelli absent
or forewing with only the costal
vein and gastral collar with 3 ridges; longer tibial spur of fore leg
forked apically; antennae with 11
segments ............ Megaspilidae <Habits>; <Adults>
& <Juveniles>
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1c. A small family with hosts in the Diptera, Hymenoptera,
Lepidoptera, Coleoptera and Homoptera.
They are more generally found as secondary external parasitoids of Aphididae
and dactylopine Coccidae, through Braconidae and chalcidoid primaries
.......... Calliceratidae <Habits>; <Adults>
& <Juveniles>
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