Family TANAOSTIGMATIDAE
Compiler and date details
July 2012 - Danielle N. Stringer, Sarah Mantel, John T. Jennings & Andrew D. Austin, Australian Centre for Evolutionary Biology and Biodiversity, and the School of Earth and Environmental Science, The University of Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Introduction
The Tanaostigmatidae are a small family that is not generally encountered with only 11 described species in Australia. Tanaostigmatids are closely related to Encyrtidae and Eupelmidae, and are characterised by the mesopleuron large, convex and longer than high; the prepectus large, distinctly swollen and rounded anteriorly, and easily visible in dorsal view as prominent 'shoulders' at the side of the thorax; the notauli present, sinuate, and usually converging or meeting at the midline of the mesoscutum; and the mesoscutum normally convex, without any median grooves or furrows such as those seen in Eupelmidae. Species for which the biology is known are mostly phytophagous, and always associated with galls, either as gall-inducers or inquilines. Keys to Australasian genera are included in Boucek (1988).
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 07-Aug-2012 | 07-Aug-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 06-Feb-2012 | MODIFIED |