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12. Medial cell with numerous dark microsetae; last tergum with 
punctate medially unnotched apical margin; face hollowed 
and crossridged; hindtarsal claws usually with two to five 
subsidiary teeth (rarely only one subsidiary) . 
... Holopyga Dahlbom 
Medial cell essentially asetose; last tergum apicomedially im- 
punctate and usually notched or compressed and snoutlike 
(figs. 8, 9); face hollowed without crossridging; hindtarsal 
claws various. 13 
13. T-III apicomedially notched (fig. 9), emarginate or simple not 
compressed and snoutlike; metanotum rounded, not conical 
or produced and bladelike; scutum impunctate or with 
punctures clustered along or between notauli, except chilensis 
(Mocsary) . Omalus Panzer 
T-III apicomedially compressed and snoutlike (fig. 8); metano¬ 
tum conical or produced and bladelike; scutum densely 
punctate . Elampus Spinola 
14. Radial sector ending before wing margin so that marginal cell is 
broadly open (fig. 4) . 15 
Radial sector and its faintly sclerotized remnant narrowly 
closing marginal cell or almost so (figs. 7, 17, 18) . 19 
15. T-III apical margin smooth, slightly prolonged medially, especi¬ 
ally in male, anterolateral angles of T-I not unusually sharp 
. Pseudospinolia Linsenmaier 
T-III ending in four to six teeth; anterolateral angles of T-I 
unusually sharp . 16 
16. Propodeum with strong median projection just behind metano¬ 
tum (fig. 5) . Neochrysis (Exochrysis) Bohart 
Propodeum without strong median projection just behind 
metanotum . 17 
17. Pronotum with sharp and practically complete lateral carina or 
flange (fig. 4) T-III pit row or groove well developed (as in fig. 
12). Neochrysis (Ipsiura) Linsenmaier 
Pronotum without a sharp or practically complete lateral carina 
or flange; T-III pit row various . 18 
18. T-III pit row obsolescent, pits, when discernible, no larger than 
other punctures (fig. 11); frons without cross carina, rarely 
with traces remaining and no carinae extending back toward 
ocelli . Neochrysis s.s. Linsenmaier 
T-III pit row well developed and forming a strong groove, at least 
