OTUs- eliminated:7 remaining:5 / Characters- eliminated:35 remaining:19

Characters eliminated

(35)
cylindrical basitarsus
partial scopa present on sterna 2-5 or 3-5 that forms bands of long hairs that are interrupted medially
basal vein strongly arched and especially so towards its base
prepalpal part of the galea tapered to a point and overlapping at least half of the stipes
posterior surface of the prementum bear a large flat area covered with short hairs or scales generally of uniform length and appearing felt-like
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Characters remaining

(19)
?   figures number of midtibial spurs

?   figures dorsal surface of the propodeum extremely elongate, 3-8 times as long as metanotum

?   figures female brachypterous

?   figures hind wing of the male lacking an enclosed costal cell

?   figures petiolate metasoma with at least the basal half of the petiole apparently formed of S1 only

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