Relevance of wing morphology in distinguishing and classifying genera and species of Stenogastrinae wasps

摘要: The phylogeny of the Stenogastrinae wasps is still under discussion and their systematic incomplete. In present work we used geometric morphometrics, a technique based on rigorous statistical assessment shape, to compare forewings fif teen species belonging four different genera ascertain whether this approach may be as reliable method in study taxonomy group. results show that wing vein junctions can diagnostic for both genus identification. For first time subfamily, propose phylogenetic classification spe cies morphology largely agrees with cladistic data available at level reflects differ ences among terms nesting material architecture nest.