Belytinae Förster, 1856
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https://doi.org/ 10.25221/fee.471.1 |
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Belytinae Förster, 1856 |
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Subfamily Belytinae Förster, 1856
Genus Belyta Jurine, 1807
Type species: Belyta bicolor Jurine, 1807.
DIAGNOSIS. Body slender, rather flattened (2.0– 5.5 mm); head orthognathous to hypognathous with strongly prominent antennal shelf; subantennal grooves distinct or reduced; mandibles short, asymmetrical with slightly overlapping tips;
female antennae 15-segmented with transverse to submoniliform flagellomeres of equal width; male antenna 14-segmented with cylindrical flagellomeres and A3
modified; pronotum more or less elongate with wide pronotal collar; pronotal collar rugose, sometimes divided by median pit in two parts; mesoscutum flat in females,
rather convex in males; notauli distinct; scutellum smooth along posterior margin,
with single scutellar fovea of varying shape and size; fore wings with radial cell closed to open; stigmal vein oblique and form acute angle with the marginal vein;
marginal vein shorter than its distance from basal vein; hind wing lanceolate with distinct basal cell; metascutellum with three low longitudinal keels; propodeum with median keel simple or bifurcate; petiole cylindrical, at least slightly longer than wide, on dorsal surface with longitudinal keels, or rugose sculpture (Nixon,
1957; Kozlov, 1978; Macek, 1996).
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