
1.
Mesonotum with a weak median sulcus
(A); propodeum with a shallow, longitudinal median sulcus
(A); eyes not surrounded by an orbital carina (B); fore wing with
veins 1mcu and Cu1 present
(C) ...Megalyra
(one
introduced species in South Africa:
Megalyra
fasciipennis)

- Mesonotum
with a strong longitudinal median sulcus (a); propodeum without
a longitudinal median sulcus (a);
eyes surrounded by an
orbital carina (b); fore
wing veins 1mcu and Cu1 spectral
(c, d) ...2

2. Fore
wing with one submarginal cell (A); radial vein reduced, radial cell
open (A); propodeum rugulose without parallel longitudinal carinae
(B) ...Megalyridia
(monotypical genus:
Megalyridia
capensis is restricted to Eastern, Northern & Western
Cape Provinces of South Africa)

- Fore
wing with two submarginal cells (a); radial cell closed (a); propodeum
with distinctive pattern of six longitudinal, nearly parallel carinae,
each tract with lateral cross-carinae that may be reduced (b)
...
Dinapsis
(Key
to Dinapsis species)
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