Myiocephalus Marshall, 1898

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scientific name	Myiocephalus Marshall, 1898
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Myiocephalus Marshall View in CoL [in André], 1898: 218; Chen & van Achterberg 1997: 74; Belokobylskij 2000: 372. Type species (by monotypy): Microctonus boops Wesmael, 1835 .

Short diagnosis. Laterope large, deep and submedially situated in slender first tergite ( Figs 7 View FIGURES 3–13 , 44 View FIGURES 39–50 ); head in dorsal view strongly transverse and usually slightly concave anteriorly ( Figs 10 View FIGURES 3–13 , 27 View FIGURES 21–30 , 47 View FIGURES 39–50 ); eyes enlarged and protruding ( Figs 26 View FIGURES 21–30 , 46 View FIGURES 39–50 ); clypeus rather narrow ( Fig. 26 View FIGURES 21–30 ); scapus normal, slightly or not enlarged and subequal to or shorter than third antennal segment ( Fig. 13 View FIGURES 3–13 ); maxillary and labial palpi with 5 and 3 segments, respectively; vein 1-SR+M of fore wing absent ( Fig. 3 View FIGURES 3–13 ); vein 1-R1 longer than pterostigma; vein M+CU1 largely unsclerotised; middle and hind legs elongated ( Figs 1 View FIGURES 1–2 , 17 View FIGURES 17–20 , 36 View FIGURES 36–38 ); metasoma of ♀ strongly compressed ( Figs 17, 19, 20 View FIGURES 17–20 ) with fifth sternite of ♀ fingerlike protruding posteriorly ( Figs 1 View FIGURES 1–2 , 8 View FIGURES 3–13 , 20 View FIGURES 17–20 , 37 View FIGURES 36–38 ); hypopygium of ♀ with long setae apically ( Figs 8 View FIGURES 3–13 , 37 View FIGURES 36–38 ) or hypopygium medially membranous ( Fig. 25 View FIGURES 21–30 ).