Parasaphodinae incertae sedis new placement

Burks, Roger, Mitroiu, Mircea-Dan, Fusu, Lucian, Heraty, John M., Jansta, Petr, Heydon, Steve, Papilloud, Natalie Dale-Skey, Peters, Ralph S., Tselikh, Ekaterina V., Woolley, James B., van Noort, Simon, Baur, Hannes, Cruaud, Astrid, Darling, Christopher, Haas, Michael, Hanson, Paul, Krogmann, Lars & Rasplus, Jean-Yves, 2022, From hell's heart I stab at thee! A determined approach towards a monophyletic Pteromalidae and reclassification of Chalcidoidea (Hymenoptera), Journal of Hymenoptera Research 94, pp. 13-88 : 13

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https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/jhr.94.94263

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scientific name

Parasaphodinae incertae sedis new placement
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Parasaphodinae incertae sedis new placement

Parasaphodinae Bouček, 1988c: 345. Type genus: Parasaphodes Schulz, 1906.

Diagnosis.

Antenna with 11 flagellomeres, including 1 anellus and 7 funiculars (Fig. 79a View Figures 79–84 ). Eyes ventrally not or slightly divergent. Clypeus without transverse subapical groove. Labrum hidden (Fig. 80 View Figures 79–84 ). Mandibles with 2 teeth. Mesoscutellum with frenum not distinctly indicated, without axillular sulcus. Mesopleural area without an expanded acropleuron, without pits; mesepimeron with posterior margin deeply concave and extending over anterior margin of metapleuron. All legs with 5 tarsomeres; protibial spur stout and curved. Marginal and postmarginal veins widened adjacent to stigmal vein (Fig. 79b View Figures 79–84 ).

Discussion.

No molecular data are available for Parasaphodinae ; moreover, because of the poor preservation of most available specimens, several characters such as the basitarsal comb, the structure of the back of the head, or the mesofurcal pits could not be observed. It is thus very difficult to assess the taxonomic position of Parasaphodinae in relation to other chalcids, therefore we treat it as incertae sedis in Chalcidoidea . Similarities with Asaphesinae , Elatoidinae and Herbertiidae have been discussed ( Mitroiu 2017), but all these groups differ from Parasaphodinae in many respects.

Kingdom

Animalia

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Monophlebidae

Loc

Parasaphodinae incertae sedis new placement

Burks, Roger, Mitroiu, Mircea-Dan, Fusu, Lucian, Heraty, John M., Jansta, Petr, Heydon, Steve, Papilloud, Natalie Dale-Skey, Peters, Ralph S., Tselikh, Ekaterina V., Woolley, James B., van Noort, Simon, Baur, Hannes, Cruaud, Astrid, Darling, Christopher, Haas, Michael, Hanson, Paul, Krogmann, Lars & Rasplus, Jean-Yves 2022
2022
Loc

Parasaphodes

Schulz 1906
1906