248. Major Families and Some Subfamilies of
Adult Chalcidoidea:
Generalized
drawings of Chalcidoidea morphology by Noyes & Valentine (1989) are
presented in Figs.A-G.
For greater detail on
specific geographic areas also please refer to regional keys as follows:
World Key (J. S. Noyes) =
<noyes.htm>
North America = <nearct-1.key.htm>
Canada = <nearct-2.key.htm>
Neotropics (in Spanish) = <neotro-1.key.htm>
Europe = <palear-3.key.htm>
Czech & Slovak Republics = <palear-4.key.htm>
Southern Africa = <ethiop-1.key.htm>
India & Surroundings = <india-1.key.htm>
Australasia = <austra-1.key.htm> & <austra-3.key.htm>
New Zealand = <austra-2.key.htm>
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248a (123b). Hind femur enlarged, with ventral teeth, either a few large or
many small ones
(saw-like) (Fig.A); hind tibia
not quite equal to femur and arched; specimens usually 5-15
mm, broad bodied, rarely <1-2
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248b. Hind femur not enlarged, ventral teeth, if present, 2 or less,
or ventral edge serrated
(Fig. A); hindtibia straight (rarely half length of femur);
specimens usually 1-10 mm.,
robust to
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