The Diapriidae

Petiole large, robust, swollen vaseshaped, smooth and glabrous dorsally (fig. 36); female apical sternite with massive carpet of stiff yellowish pegs (fig. 35); legs remarkably short and strong, middle and hind basitarsi shortened (fig. 36); Central and South America, [f]

Petiole of different shape, usually smaller, sculptured and/or hairy; female apical sternite without carpet of pegs