Cretaceous Scolebythidae and Phylogeny of the Family (Hymenoptera: Chrysidoidea)
Author
ENGEL, MICHAEL S.
Author
GRIMALDI, DAVID A.
text
American Museum Novitates
2007
2007-05-16
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FAMILY
SCOLEBYTHIDAE EVANS
Scolebythidae
Evans, 1963: 7
.
Type
genus:
Scolebythus
Evans, 1963
.
DIAGNOSIS: Typically slender wasps without heavy sculpturing, ranging in size from ca.
2–12 mm
in total length. Head hypognathous; pronotum lacking anterior flange such that propleura visible in dorsal aspect; pronotal posterior dorsal-facing surface (i.e., pronotal collar sensu
Goulet and Huber, 1993
) frequently greatly reduced; propleura widely separated posteriorly, with large, exposed, diamond-shaped prosterum; protrochanter inserted laterally near base of procoxa; meso- and metatibiae with long slender setae only; macropterous; hind wing lacking closed cells, with C long and Sc+Rs absent.