Prolyda Rasnitsyn, 1968

Wang, Chen, Shih, Chungkun, Rasnitsyn, Alexandr P. & Wang, Mei, 2016, Two new species of Prolyda from the Middle Jurassic of China (Hymenoptera, Pamphilioidea), ZooKeys 569, pp. 71-80 : 72

Taxon classification Animalia Hymenoptera Xyelydidae

Prolyda Rasnitsyn, 1968

Type species.

Prolyda karatavica Rasnitsyn, 1968

Other species included.

Prolyda depressa Rasnitsyn, 1969, Prolyda xyelocera Rasnitsyn, 1968, Prolyda dimidia sp. n., and Prolyda elegantula sp. n.

Amended diagnosis.

Head massive, circular or cube-like; mandibles curved, strong and sickle-like; pronotum short and wide; the first antennal flagellomere equal to head in length, but eight times as long as the second flagellomere; forewing pterostigma variable, completely sclerotized or partly sclerotized, or just membranous; M diverging from M+Cu at much larger angle than Cu; 1-RS proclival or somewhat vertical; angle between 1-M and RS+M almost 90°; 1cu-a distal to the middle of cell 1mcu or located at middle; 2r-rs almost in line with 2r-m; hind wing with 1r-m rather long, as long as or slightly shorter than 1-M.