Pireninae, Halliday, 1844

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

Pireninae

Diagnosis.

Body usually dark brownish or metallic. Antenna with at most 3 large flagellomeres and at least 2 anelli before clava (Fig. 49 ). Eyes usually not or only slightly diverging ventrally (except some males). Marginal vein at least 3.5 × as long as the short and mostly straight stigmal vein. Petiole without dorsal lamina.

Discussion.

In this new, more restricted sense, Pireninae contains genera that are morphologically similar to Macroglenes . They are here distinguished from Tridyminae , which are generally more stout in body shape and differ in features mentioned in diagnoses of both subfamilies, but most prominently in the antennal flagellum and relative lengths of the marginal and stigmal veins of the fore wing.

Figures

Figures 49 - 54. 49 Macroglenes varicornis (Haliday) (Pirenidae): antenna 50 Gastrancistrus sp. (Pirenidae, Tridyminae): head frontal view 51 Cecidellis sp. (Pirenidae, Cecidellinae): petiole with lamina 52 Spathopus sp. (Pirenidae, Tridyminae): antenna 53 Spalangia alycia Gibson (Spalangiidae): head anterolateral view 54 Erotolepsia sp. (Spalangiidae, Erotolepsiinae): head frontal view.