Lancepyrinae Azevedo and Azar, 2012, 2019

Brazidec, Manuel, Legendre, Frederic & Perrichot, Vincent, 2023, Diversity and phylogeny of the extinct wasp subfamily Lancepyrinae (Hymenoptera, Bethylidae) revealed by mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber, Arthropod Systematics & amp; Phylogeny 81, pp. 345-369 : 345

Subfamily Lancepyrinae Azevedo and Azar, 2012

Type genus.

Lancepyris Azevedo and Azar, 2012.

Emended diagnosis.

Small-sized wasps (body length mainly around 2-3 mm, max 5.4 mm); body black to dark castaneous, not particularly pubescent; antenna with 13 antennomeres, rarely 12; ocelli present; dorsal pronotal area elongate, narrowing anteriorly; posterior margin of dorsal pronotal area concave; mesoscuto-mesoscutellar groove present; metanotum developed medially; metapectal-propodeal complex not posteriorly produced into spines; both sexes macropterous; tegula present; fore wing with C, Sc+R, M+Cu and A tubular; Rs+M vein tubular and straight, rarely reduced to spectral; 2r-rs&Rs long, sometimes reaching anterior margin; m-cu vein sometimes present, closing [1M] cell; pterostigma large; tarsal claws slightly arched; second metasomal tergite about as long as third.