taxonID	type	description	language	source
03DA7D3F61288C19FF53B787FCA829F5.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Body surface densely punctate. Clypeus with median lobe quadrate and lateral lobes present. Ocellar triangle placed above imaginary line of eye top; ocellar fovea absent. Gena with medially incomplete ventral occipital carina. Pronotum and mesoscutum without longitudinal pronotal sulcus. Propodeal disc with median and inner discal carina not parallel, with sublateral and inner discal carina fused anteriorly; lateral carina present; propodeal posterior spine absent. Declivity of propodeum areolate, with median and lateral carina. Metapleuron areolate, with upper and posterior carina. Mesopleuron foveolate and with posterior oblique sulcus hardly distinct. Fore wing with 2 Cu and 2 A vein absent. Metasoma polished and glabrous.	en	Barbosa, Diego N., Azevedo, Celso O. (2016): Australomesitius gen. nov. (Hymenoptera, Bethylidae: Mesitiinae), an unexpected new genus from Australia. Zootaxa 4061 (4): 447-450, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4061.4.9
03DA7D3F61288C19FF53B787FCA829F5.taxon	description	Description. Female. Body surface densely punctate. Head wider than wide. Mandible with four sharpened apical teeth. Clypeus with median lobe quadrate and lateral lobes present; median clypeal carina inclined in lateral profile. Eye with contour even frons level, setose. Ocellar triangle acute; ocelli small; ocellar triangle compact, placed above imaginary line of eye top; ocellar fovea absent. Gena with medially incomplete ventral occipital carina. Pronotum without longitudinal pronotal sulcus. Propleuron without epicoxal sulcus. Mesoscutum without longitudinal sulcus. Propodeal disc with median and inner discal carina not parallel, with sublateral and inner discal carina fused anteriorly; lateral carina present; propodeal spiracle placed dorsally; posterior spine absent. Declivity of propodeum areolate, with median and lateral carina. Metapleuron areolate, with upper and posterior carina. Mesopleuron foveolate and with posterior oblique sulcus hardly distinct. Forewing with 1 Rs + 2 M vein not angulate; cu-a vein rounded; 2 Cu vein absent; 2 A vein absent; stigma sub-developed. Hind wing with three distal hamuli, evenly separated one to another. Metacoxa with dorsal expansion; claws single; apical margin of arolium angled. Metasoma polished and glabrous. Male. Unknown.	en	Barbosa, Diego N., Azevedo, Celso O. (2016): Australomesitius gen. nov. (Hymenoptera, Bethylidae: Mesitiinae), an unexpected new genus from Australia. Zootaxa 4061 (4): 447-450, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4061.4.9
03DA7D3F61288C19FF53B787FCA829F5.taxon	materials_examined	Type species. Australomesitius mirus Barbosa & Azevedo, sp. nov. Species included. Only the type species.	en	Barbosa, Diego N., Azevedo, Celso O. (2016): Australomesitius gen. nov. (Hymenoptera, Bethylidae: Mesitiinae), an unexpected new genus from Australia. Zootaxa 4061 (4): 447-450, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4061.4.9
03DA7D3F61288C19FF53B787FCA829F5.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The name Australomesitius is a combination of the names “ Australia ”, country from the specimen was collected, and the name “ Mesitius ” the type genus of Mesitiinae.	en	Barbosa, Diego N., Azevedo, Celso O. (2016): Australomesitius gen. nov. (Hymenoptera, Bethylidae: Mesitiinae), an unexpected new genus from Australia. Zootaxa 4061 (4): 447-450, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4061.4.9
03DA7D3F612A8C1AFF53B2DCFDB02CB5.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. Holotype, ♀. AUSTRALIA, Queensland: 27 ° 55 ' S 153 ° 12 ' E (DMS), North Tamborine, 520 m, 20 November 2002, C. J. Burwell, sweeping, rainforest edges 51088 (QMSB)	en	Barbosa, Diego N., Azevedo, Celso O. (2016): Australomesitius gen. nov. (Hymenoptera, Bethylidae: Mesitiinae), an unexpected new genus from Australia. Zootaxa 4061 (4): 447-450, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4061.4.9
03DA7D3F612A8C1AFF53B2DCFDB02CB5.taxon	description	Description. Holotype (Fig. 1 A). Female. Body 2.46 mm. LFW 1.46 mm. Colour. Head dark castaneous nearly black; mesosoma dark castaneous with pronotum castaneous; metasoma dark castaneous with apex castaneous; antenna, mandible, palpi, tegula, legs castaneous; wings hyaline with castaneous venation. Head (Figs 1 B, C). Head globoid in lateral view. Malar space as long as vertex-ocellar line. Head with convergent sides at malar space level. Mandible with lower tooth wider than others, lower margin straight, lowermost tooth longer than immediately upper one. Palpi caliciform, cross-section cylindrical. Clypeus with median lobe outlined, complete, line-shaped in dorsal view, placed above torulus. Distance between antennal foramina as long as antennal foramen. Eye small and rounded. Frons densely punctate. Vertex convex. Hypostomal carina forming obtuse angle medially. Occipital carina low. Mesosoma (Figs. 2 A, B). Pronotal disc 0.66 × as long as wide. Anterior slope of pronotum in acute angle in lateral view. Pronotal collar not foveolate, median sulcus absent. Pronotal disc densely punctate, trapezoidal, side straight, anterior margin straight, with anterior corner rounded, posterior margin straight. Pleurosternum without posterior elevation. Mesoscutum densely punctate, as long as mesoscutellum. Notaulus complete, shallow, narrow, polished convergent posteriorly. Parapsidal signum incomplete, shallow, parallel. Axilla strigate, shallow. Mesoscutomesoscutellar suture inconspicuous. Mesoscutellar sulcus narrow, fused with axilla, arched, not dilated at ends. Mesoscutellum as long as anterior width, punctate, touching propodeal disc. Metanotum overlapping lateral region of mesoscutellum. Propodeal disc 0.52 × as long as wide medially, with central depression fused with propodeal triangular lateral depression; median carina complete; without longitudinal ridge between median and inner discal carinae; sublateral, and posterior carina present; spiracle sickle-shaped. Mesopleuron with acropleural sulcus continuous with mesopleural suture; mesopleural suture strigate. Preaxilla conspicuous. Wings. Fore wing stigma with distal margin rounded; r-rs + Rs vein slightly curved anterad, giving raise at distal margin of stigma. Hind wing with costal vein short. Legs. Protibia short, 1.8 × first tarsomere length, with protibial spur long, longer than half length of first tarsomere. Tarsi with tarsomeres 1 longer than others, tarsomeres cylindrical with short distal spines. Claws sharpened, curved laterad. Arolium slender. Metasoma. Metasoma 2.00 × longer than wide. Tergum 1 with lateral margin curved inward. Sterna 1 - 6 with posterior margin straight.	en	Barbosa, Diego N., Azevedo, Celso O. (2016): Australomesitius gen. nov. (Hymenoptera, Bethylidae: Mesitiinae), an unexpected new genus from Australia. Zootaxa 4061 (4): 447-450, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4061.4.9
03DA7D3F612A8C1AFF53B2DCFDB02CB5.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The specific epithet mirus from Latin refers to the surprising finding of Mesitiinae in Australia.	en	Barbosa, Diego N., Azevedo, Celso O. (2016): Australomesitius gen. nov. (Hymenoptera, Bethylidae: Mesitiinae), an unexpected new genus from Australia. Zootaxa 4061 (4): 447-450, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4061.4.9
03DA7D3F612A8C1AFF53B2DCFDB02CB5.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Australia (Queensland).	en	Barbosa, Diego N., Azevedo, Celso O. (2016): Australomesitius gen. nov. (Hymenoptera, Bethylidae: Mesitiinae), an unexpected new genus from Australia. Zootaxa 4061 (4): 447-450, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4061.4.9
