10a (5). Tarsi without membranous pads, or if
vestiges present then antennae with fewer than 14 segments; antennae
otherwise with variable number of segments, if more than 14 then fore wing
with 7 or fewer enclosed cells; fore wing otherwise with 1-10 enclosed cells;
fore wing with costal cell indistinct or absent, veins C, Sc, R, and Rs fused or contiguous from wing
base to pterostigma; hind wing without a distinct lobe at the base (Fig. A); antennae usually with 16 or more
segments (rarely with as few as 12), and with small ring-like segments (= anelli) somewhat differentiated from
proximal end of 1st flagellar segment; solitary larval
parasitoids...…...............…...(Ichneumonoidea) (part).........45 Please CLICK on picture to enlarge 10b. Fore wing with costal cell usually visible,
though sometimes not bordered anteriorly by a vein, rarely when costal cell
is virtually eliminated then a distinct lobe is present at the base of the
hind wing; this lobe otherwise present or absent; antennae with 10-15
segments, without small anelli differentiated from proximal end of 1st
flagellar
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