Diconocarini Rasplus, Tselikh & Burks, new tribe, 1956

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

Diconocarini Rasplus, Tselikh & Burks, new tribe

Type genus.

Diconocara Dzhanokmen, 1986.

Diagnosis.

Clypeal margin concave, symmetrical (Fig. 92 ). Mandibles enlarged. Petiole small but subquadrate, without anterolateral carina (Fig. 93 ), ventrally narrowly connected and without a flange.

Discussion.

Diconocara was described as an enigmatic member of Pteromalinae from the Russian Far East ( Dzhanokmen 1986). Its position was unclear based on morphology ( Heraty et al., 2013), although next-generation molecular data indicate that it is the sister group of all other Miscogastrinae (Cruaud et al., submitted). It does not have any obvious near relatives within Pteromalidae but also bears no resemblance to any other taxa outside Pteromalidae .

Figures

Figures 91 - 96. 91 Erixestus winnemana Crawford (Pteromalidae, Erixestinae): mesosoma lateral view 92, 93 Diconocara petiolata Dzhanokmen (Pteromalidae, Miscogastrinae, Diconocarini) 92 head frontal view 93 mesosoma dorsal view 94, 95 Thektogaster aberlenci Delvare (Pteromalidae, Miscogastrinae, Miscogastrini) 94 clypeus 95 mesosoma dorsal view 96 Sphegigaster obliqua Graham (Pteromalidae, Miscogastrinae, Sphegigastrini): lower face frontal view.