Endecameris
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Ordo: Hymenoptera
Familia: Figitidae
Name
Endecameris Yoshimoto, 1963 – Wikispecies link – Pensoft Profile
Remarks
Rare.
Diagnosis
Tiny eucoilines with round heads, short antennae and characteristically modified wings: narrow triangular wings with very long hair fringe, and a short wide open marginal cell. A similar habitus and similar wings may occur in other “dwarfified” eucoilines of extremely small size – the rare Micreriodes and some species of Rhoptromeris. The combination of a pronotal plate with laterally open foveae and presence of a mesopleural line separates Endecameris from Micreriodes and Rhoptromeris. In Endecameris, the scutellar plate is narrow, there is often a reduction in wing pubescence, and there is often a remarkable reduction of the number of antennomeres (the latter not yet observed in African specimens). The antennae of female Endecameris are similar to those of Didyctium, with a strong differentiation of the flagellomeres into proximal very short articles (more or less annelli) and distal elongate club articles with distinct white rhinaria.
Distribution
Mainly in the Oriental and Oceanic regions, but also occuring in the eastern Palearctic and in the Afrotropical region. Afrotropical records: Cameroon, Central African Republic, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Madagascar, Mauritius, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Uganda, Yemen, Zimbabwe (here).
Biology
Host unknown.
Species richness
Several species that are probably undescribed are present in Africa.
