Cea Walker, 1837

Mitroiu, Mircea-Dan, 2016, Review of world genera of Ceinae, with the description of two new Palaearctic species of Spalangiopelta Masi (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea, Pteromalidae), European Journal of Taxonomy 251, pp. 1-15 : 5

Genus Cea Walker, 1837

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Cea Walker, 1837: 355 . Type species: C. pulicaris Walker, 1837 , by monotypy.

Diagnosis

Both sexes

Mesosoma with short pronotum and moderately long mesoscutum, mesoscutellum and propodeum, the latter not steep ( Fig. 2E ); metasoma with distinct although usually transverse petiole ( Fig. 2E ); body colour with distinct metallic reflections ( Fig. 2 ); posterior margin of mesopleuron not expanded posteriorly, not overlapping metapleural/propodeal complex ( Fig. 2E ).

Female

Macropterous ( Fig. 2A ) or brachypterous ( Fig. 2B ); if macropterous, fore wing with two brown bands ( Fig. 2A ).

Male

Macropterous ( Fig. 2D ); antenna with regular pilosity ( Fig. 2D ).

Figures

Fig. 2. Cea pulicaris Walker, 1837. A. Macropterous ♀ (Slovakia), habitus in lateral view. B. Brachypterous ♀ (Greece), habitus in lateral view. C. Macropterous ♀ (Slovakia), habitus in dorsal view. D. Ƌ (Greece), habitus in lateral view (insert: antenna in lateral view). E. Brachypterous ♀ (Greece), mesosoma in dorsal view.