Genus : Gronotoma Förster 1869

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Diagnosis

Notaulices well developed.
Thorax in lateral view with the scutellar plate high, well above the height of the mesoscutum.

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Superfamily : Cynipoidea
Family : Figitidae
Subfamily : Eucoilinae

Classification

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Overview

Species of Gronotoma are parasitoids of Agromyzidae. Buffington (2002) provided a list of included species. This genus is mainly known from the New World and Africa, although species are known from the Pacific and the Philippines.

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Identification

Gronotoma has been included in a key to world genera by Weld (1952), and keys to Hawaiian genera by Beardsley (1988; 1989). Quinlan (1986) included it in a key to Afrotropical genera and provided a revision of Afrotropical species; although he treated it under the name Eucoilidea. There is a need for a comprehensive, modern treatment of eucoiline genera.

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