Dendrocerus Ratzeburg, 1852

Wang, Xu, Chen, Huayan, Miko, Istvan, Huang, Yixin & Zhu, Chaodong, 2021, Notes on the genus Dendrocerus Ratzeburg (Hymenoptera, Megaspilidae) from China, with description of two new species, Journal of Hymenoptera Research 86, pp. 123-143 : 123

publication ID	https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/jhr.86.72281
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scientific name	Dendrocerus Ratzeburg, 1852
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Dendrocerus Ratzeburg, 1852: 180. Type species: Dendrocerus lichtensteinii Ratzeburg, by monotypy (= Ceraphron halidayi Curtis).

Diagnosis.

Head moderately transverse; facial pit absent in most species. Males usually with an obtuse ocellar triangle (POL longer than LOL). Male flagellomeres usually asymmetrical, serrate or trapezoidal. Some species also have branched flagellomeres ( D. mexicali group). Metapleural sulcus shape usually straight. Sternaulus never present. Medioventral conjunctiva of gonostyle-volsella complex (parossiculi fusion) absent. Wings never absent ( Trietsch et al. 2020).