Neanastatidae

Neanastatidae is a family of chalcid wasps.[1] The genera comprising this family (Lambdobregma and Neanastatus) were previously placed in the Neanastatinae subfamily of a paraphyletic Eupelmidae.[2][3] They are parasitoids or hyperparasitoids of fly or beetle larvae.[4]

Neanastatidae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Superfamily: Chalcidoidea
Family: Neanastatidae
Kalina, 1984

Description

Antennae with 8 flagellomeres in Neanastatus, and 11 in Lambdobregma. Eyes ventrally divergent. The clypeus does not have a transverse subapical groove, and hides the labrum. The mandibles have three teeth. The scutellum has a hooklike apex that projects downwards and an axillular groove or carina (axillular line). The acropleuron is large, convex, and pad-like; it covers much of the mesopleural area. Legs have five tarsomeres; the protibial spur is stout and curved and a longitudinal basitarsal comb is present; the mesotibial spur is stout and the underside of the mesotarsus has a row of pegs.[2]

Distribution

Lambdobregma is found in the New World (Bahamas, Costa Rica, Jamaica, Panama, and USA [Florida]). Neanastatus is an Old-World genus: It is found in the Afrotropics (Cameroon, Egypt, Ivory Coast, Madagascar, Malawi, Nigeria, Senegal, and South Africa), the Palearctic (Canary Islands, Cyprus, Israel, Italy, Japan, and Spain), Indomalaya (India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Peoples' Republic of China [Guangdong], Philippines, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, and Thailand), and Australasia (Australia).[3]

References
  1. "Family Neanastatidae". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2023-07-30.
  2. Roger A. Burks; Mircea-Dan Mitroiu; Lucian Fusu; et al. (20 December 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: 13–88. doi:10.3897/JHR.94.94263. ISSN 1070-9428. Wikidata Q115923766.
  3. Noyes, J.S. (March 2019). "Universal Chalcidoidea Database". The Natural History Museum. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
  4. van Noort, S. (2023). WaspWeb: Hymenoptera of the Afrotropical region. www.waspweb.org. Retrieved on 15 August 2023.


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