263a (262a).    Ovipositor at least a little protruding; both sexes: abdomen without pits;

propodeum postero-laterally angled and does not project over hind coxa (dorsal view);

cerci of last dorsal plate elongated or 4-sided and with long setae (not as apparent in male

            as female); pronotum mostly long, often almost conical; prepectus almost equal to tegula;

            hind tibial spurs thin; male abdomen collapsed or convex, in latter case at least as high as

            broad, without lateral edge  (Figs.A-E)......................................Torymidae...(Subfamilies: …….....…  264)

 

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                                    B                              C                                D                                   E

 

 

263b.    Ovipositor not protruding; both sexes:  pronotum relatively short; abdomen with pits and

 always heavily sclerotized; propodeum postero-laterally rounded and projects over hind

 coxa (dorsal view); cerci of last dorsal plate reduced to low plates (like a disk); prepectus

 much smaller than tegula; hind tibial spurs thickened (Figs.A-B).........…........................Ormyridae

 

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                                                                     A                                                                   B