Solenurinae Burks & Rasplus, new subfamily, 1997

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

Solenurinae Burks & Rasplus, new subfamily

Type genus.

Solenura Westwood, 1868.

Diagnosis.

Antenna with 2 or 3 clavomeres (Fig. 31 ). Clypeus without transverse subapical groove. Labrum exposed small and subrectangular, with marginal setae. Mandibles with 2 similarly-sized teeth. Subforaminal bridge with a postgenal bridge that externally separates the lower tentorial bridge from the convergent hypostomal carina; postgenal groove and postgenal lamina absent. Frenum indicated laterally by frenal arm that is well-separated from the marginal rim of the mesoscutellum (Fig. 32 ). Metafemur withoutventral teeth or expansion. Other features as in Lyciscinae .

Figures

Figures 31 - 36. 31, 32 Solenura sp. (Lyscicidae, Solenurinae) 31 antenna 32 mesosoma lateral 33 Macromesus sp. (Macromesidae): head frontal view 34 Macromesus amphiretus Walker (Macromesidae), propodeum 35, 36 Trichilogaster acaciaelongifoliae (Froggatt) (Melanosomellidae) 35 head frontal 36 mesosoma lateral view.