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Female: Total body length ca. 5.2 mm. Head nearly rounded in anterior view, length 0.97 mm, width 1.35 mm, finely setose; compound eyes somewhat bulging, oval, large, length 0.78 mm, width 0.62 mm; ocelli positioned on swelling; mandibles strong, asymmetrical, right with four teeth and left with three teeth both with apical tooth largest; maxillary palps well developed, elongate, distinctly longer than mandibles, with six palpomeres; labial palps short, with four palpomeres; antennae partly damaged but complete, with apparently 16 segments (some segments have secondary constrictions owing to compression), scape and pedicel short and globulous, flagellomeres cylindrical, length of antennomeres as follows (all in mm): scape 0.3, pedicel 0.16, flagellomeres 0.47, 0.52, 0.45, 0.34, 0.32, 0.32, 0.22, 0.17, 0.17, 0.16, 0.16, 0.14, 0.11, 0.11; antenna with fine setae and sparse sensilla. Mesosomal length 2.21 mm, height 1.09 mm, finely setose but without visible foveae or sculpturing; mesoscutal length 0.71 mm, with strong anterior median depression; mesoscutellum not clearly visible, obscured by wings. Metacoxa with an outer basal extension; metatrochantellus diagonally divided and appearing two-segmented; protibial calcar bifurcate (Fig. 12B), with defined velum and trunk, velum smooth, trunk with spine-like microsculpture, basitarsal comb composed of blunt, flattened pegs; pretarsal claws cleft; leg measurements (all in mm, given for those observable): procoxa 0.21, protrochanter 0.42, profemur 0.82, protibia 0.60, probasitarsus 0.61, second protarsomere 0.16, third protarsomere 0.11, mesocoxa 0.39, mesotrochanter 0.55, mesofemur 0.81, metacoxa 0.48, metatrochanter 0.16, metafemur 1.10. Wings hyaline, forewing length 4.81 mm, width 1.54 mm; hind wing length 3.12 mm, width 1.15 mm; venation as in figure 12D; five distal hamuli on hind wing. Metasomal length 2.11 mm; height 0.81 mm; metasomal sterna well sclerotized, convex; ovipositor long, length 2.16 mm, with clearly visible denticles at apex (Fig. 12C). Male: Unknown.
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Vincent Perrichot, Jaime Ortega-Blanco, Ryan C. McKellar, Xavier Delclòs, Dany Azar, André Nel, Paul Tafforeau, Michael S. Engel
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Perrichot V, Ortega-Blanco J, McKellar R, Delclòs X, Azar D, Nel A, Tafforeau P, Engel M (2011) New and revised maimetshid wasps from Cretaceous ambers (Hymenoptera, Maimetshidae) ZooKeys 130: 421–453
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Vincent Perrichot
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Jaime Ortega-Blanco
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Ryan C. McKellar
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Xavier Delclòs
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Dany Azar
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André Nel
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Paul Tafforeau
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Michael S. Engel
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