Miscogastrini, Walker, 1833

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

Miscogastrini

Diagnosis.

Clypeal margin asymmetrical, with 2 or 3 teeth (Fig. 94 ). Mandibles not enlarged. Petiole variable in length but usually elongate, without the anterolateral carina of Sphegigastrini but often with a small lateral process that does not extend anteriorly (Fig. 95 ), ventrally either with a membranous gap medially or fused but without a flange.

Discussion.

Miscogastrini comprise some of the most easily recognizable miscogastrines, large-bodied and usually with an expanded fore wing stigma.

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.