Ooderidae new status, 1952

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

Ooderidae new status

Ooderini Bouček, 1958. Type genus: Oodera Westwood, 1874.

Diagnosis.

Antenna with 11 flagellomeres, including 3 clavomeres. Eyes ventrally divergent. Clypeus with transverse subapical groove. Labrum exposed, sclerotized. Mandibles with 2 or 3 weakly separated teeth or essentially truncate. Pronotum elongate, with lateral surfaces divergent such that the pronotum islaterally expanded (Fig. 44 ). Notauli complete, linear except for a short distance anteriorly, and almost meeting posteriorly, forming a distinctive 4-pronged pattern with the also sublinear part of the transscutal articulation that occurs along the anterior edge of the axilla (although this is often broken by a transverse fracture across the sulci) (Fig. 44 ). Mesoscutellum without a frenum but with an expanded posterior rim of the mesoscutellum that can resemble a frenum; without a distinct axillular sulcus but with some longitudinal sculpture in the axillular area. Mesopleural area without an expanded acropleuron; mesepimeron not extending over anterior margin of metapleuron. All legs with 5 tarsomeres; profemur expanded and with multiple rows of ventral spine-like structures (described in detail by Gibson 2003) (Fig. 45 ); protibial spur stout and curved; basitarsal comb longitudinal; metafemur not expanded and lacking ventral teeth. Metasoma with syntergum, therefore without epipygium.

Discussion.

Oodera Westwood, the only genus in Ooderidae , is highly distinctive and does not resemble any other Chalcidoidea , especially in mesosomal features. The expanded profemur of Oodera can be compared with that of some Heydeniidae , which is also expanded but lacks the additional rows of spine-like structures of Oodera , instead having broad ventral crest-like projections. Additionally, the laterally expanded pronotum also occurs in some Heydeniidae , which can have a somewhat comparable pattern of sulci on the mesoscutal dorsum, even though they are often less distinct in Heydeniidae . Otherwise, Pelecinellinae ( Pelecinellidae ) have parascrobal crests as in Oodera , although the two groups are differ in many other features.

Figures

Figures 43 - 48. 43 Neodipara masneri Boucek (Neodiparidae): head frontal view 44, 45 Oodera formosa Giraud (Ooderidae) 44 mesosoma dorsal view 45 fore leg 46 Leptofoenus stephanoides (Roman) (Pelecinellidae): petiole 47 Doddifoenus rex Boucek (Pelecinellidae): head antero-lateral view 48 Nefoenus pilosus Boucek (Pelecinellidae, Nefoeninae): mesosoma lateral view.