Erixestinae Burks & Rasplus, new subfamily, 1946
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Erixestinae Burks & Rasplus, new subfamily
Type genus.
Erixestus Crawford, 1910.
Diagnosis.
Antenna with 11 flagellomeres, with 2 anelli and 5 funiculars (Fig. 90 View Figures 85–90 ). Mandibles falcate. Scapula not anteriorly exposed by pronotum. Axilla not strongly advanced. Axillula not enlarged (Fig. 91 View Figures 91–96 ). Propodeum with plicae. Petiole transverse.
Discussion.
Erixestus , containing egg parasitoids of Chrysomelidae , had persisted in uncertain placement since its description, but had apparent affinities with Ormocerini due to the high dorsal placement of the toruli. Next-generation molecular data (Cruaud et al., submitted) suggest that it is the sister group of Pteromalinae plus Pachyneurinae . The falcate mandibles of Erixestinae and Pachyneurinae indicate that this may be a synapomorphy of this entire clade, rather than a synapomorphy of Pachyneurinae alone. Otherwise, features such as the subforaminal bridge do not reject the placement of Erixestinae , but the reduced flagellomere count would be very unusual, though not unknown in the clade. It is likely that divergent features of Erixestinae are due to a life history as egg parasitoids of Chrysomelidae .
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