Caradiophyodidae, Poinar & Vega, 2023

Poinar, George & Vega, Fernando E., 2023, Caradiophyodidae, a New Family of Micro-Wasps (Hymenoptera: Platygastroidea) Based on the Description of Caradiophyodus saradae gen. et sp. nov. in Mid-Cretaceous Burmese Amber, Life (Basel, Switzerland) 13 (8), pp. 1-13 : 2

Family: Caradiophyodidae fam. nov.

Diagnosis: for the only included genus.

LSID: urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:495DC246-9BF7-4276-82A0-680E38561125 (accessed on 24 July 2023).

Diagnosis. Antennae with 15 segments; flagellomeres mostly transverse; pedicel with a ventral flange, longer than scape; papillary sensilla on the surface of the apical antennomeres; dorsum of the head with distinct curved “horseshoe shaped” raised sclerite along inner margin of eyes; subocular sclerites positioned below eyes; head dorsum with a horizontal dorsal cleft between eyes and subocular sclerites; pronotum extending back to tegula; pronotal carina absent; fore wing with small pterostigma and submarginal vein reaching wing margin; uncus absent; telescoping ovipositor apparently present.