Neanastatidae
Neanastatidae is a family of chalcid wasps. The genera comprising this family were previously placed in the Neanastatinae subfamily of a paraphyletic Eupelmidae. They are parasitoids or hyperparasitoids of fly or beetle larvae.
Description
Antennae with 8 flagellomeres in Neanastatus, and 11 in Lambdobregma. Eyes ventrally divergent. The clypeus does not have a transverse subapical groove, and hides the labrum. The mandibles have three teeth. The scutellum has a hooklike apex that projects downwards and an axillular groove or carina. The acropleuron is large, convex, and pad-like; it covers much of the mesopleural area. Legs have five tarsomeres; the protibial spur is stout and curved and a longitudinal basitarsal comb is present; the mesotibial spur is stout and the underside of the mesotarsus has a row of pegs.
Distribution
Lambdobregma is found in the New World. Neanastatus is an Old-World genus: It is found in the Afrotropics, the Palearctic, Indomalaya, and Australasia.