PLEURAL MORPHOLOGY IN SCELIONID WASPS (HYMENOPTERA: SCELIONIDAE) — AN AID TO HIGHER CLASSIFICATION
- 1 September 1979
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in The Canadian Entomologist
- Vol. 111 (9) , 1079-1087
- https://doi.org/10.4039/ent1111079-9
Abstract
The importance of pleural characters in Scelionidae is discussed and assessed. Two new terms, peculiar to some Scelionidae, are proposed, viz. the netrion for a specialized area on sides of pronotum, and mesopleural carina for a diagonal keel on mesopleuron (mesepisternum). Netrion and mesopleural carina are considered important characters for higher classification of the Scelionidae. The proposed characters are reviewed in the suprageneric categories (tribes and subfamilies) of the Scelionidae. The tribe Tiphodytini n. stat. is reinstated and removed from the synonymy with Thoronini, partly on account of the pleural characters.This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit:
- THE CLASSIFICATION AND INTERRELATIONSHIPS OF THORONINI (HYMENOPTERA: PROCTOTRUPOIDEA, SCELIONIDAE)The Canadian Entomologist, 1972