Embolemidae Foerster, 1856

Moghaddam, Mostafa Ghafouri, Mohebban, Shahla, Olmi, Massimo, Rahmani, Zahra, Rakhshani, Ehsan, Arias-Penna, Diana Carolina & Ahmad, Zubair, 2022, Revision of Embolemidae (Hymenoptera: Chrysidoidea) from the Middle East, Zootaxa 5138 (3), pp. 305-323 : 309

Embolemidae Foerster, 1856

Type genus. Embolemus Westwood, 1833 , according to Art. 63 of ICZN (1999).

Diagnosis. Head triangular in lateral view ( Figs 2D , 3D , 4D ); antenna projecting from two frontal contiguous prominences remote from mouth ( Figs 2D, 2K , 3E , 4E ).

Figures

FIGURE 2. Ampulicomorpha thauma Rasnitsyn & Matveev, 1989, female from Iran (MOLC). A. Body, lateral view; B. Fore wing; C–E. Head; C. Ventro-frontal view; D. Lateral view; E. Dorsal view; F, I. Mesosoma; F. Dorsal view; I. Lateral view; G. Metapectal-propodeal complex, dorsal view; H, J. Metasoma; H. Dorsal view; J. Lateral view; K. Antennae.

FIGURE 3. Embolemus ruddii Westwood, 1833, holotype, male from United Kingdom, (OUMNH). A. Body, dorsal view; B. Fore wing; C–E. Head; C. Frontal view; D. Lateral view; E. Dorsal view; F, I. Mesosoma; F. Dorsal view; I. Lateral view; G. Metapectal-propodeal complex, dorsal view; H, J. Metasoma; H. Dorsal view; J. Lateral view; K. Holotype labels.

FIGURE 4. Embolemus harteni Olmi, 1997, male from Yemen, (MOLC). A. Body, dorsal view; B. Fore wing; C–E. Head; C. Frontal view; D. Lateral view; E. Dorsal view; F, I, K. Mesosoma; F. Dorsal view; I. Lateral view; K. Ventral view; G. Metapectal-propodeal complex, dorsal view; H, J. Metasoma; H. Dorsal view; J. Lateral view.