SCOLEBYTHIDAE EVANS, 1963

ENGEL, MICHAEL S. & GRIMALDI, DAVID A., 2007, Cretaceous Scolebythidae and Phylogeny of the Family (Hymenoptera: Chrysidoidea), American Museum Novitates 3568 (1), pp. 1-16 : 3

FAMILY SCOLEBYTHIDAE EVANS

Scolebythidae Evans, 1963: 7 .

Type genus: Scolebythus Evans, 1963 .

DIAGNOSIS: Typically slender wasps without heavy sculpturing, ranging in size from ca. 2–12 mm in total length. Head hypognathous; pronotum lacking anterior flange such that propleura visible in dorsal aspect; pronotal posterior dorsal-facing surface (i.e., pronotal collar sensu Goulet and Huber, 1993) frequently greatly reduced; propleura widely separated posteriorly, with large, exposed, diamond-shaped prosterum; protrochanter inserted laterally near base of procoxa; meso- and metatibiae with long slender setae only; macropterous; hind wing lacking closed cells, with C long and Sc+Rs absent.