Mirini

Female Plagiomerus diaspidis ovipositing into scale insect, photographed by R. M. Hendrickson Jr.

Belongs within: Encyrtidae.

The name 'Mirini' has been used for a tribe of parasitic wasps in the Encyrtidae; this name is, however, a junior synonym of a tribe of plant-bugs in the Heteroptera. It should be called the Bothriothoracini.

Characters (from Beardsley 1976, as Bothriothoracini): Tarsi 5-segmented; forewing, when present, with marginal, postmarginal and stigmal veins relatively well developed; paratergites absent; gonostyli always present and distinct; mandibles generally tridentate, often with two sharp teeth and a truncation, rarely quadridentate; female hypopygium rarely boat-shaped, rarely enclosing ovipositor.

<==Mirini
    |--Mira macrocera Schellenberg 1803 GM79
    |--Ecthrobacca Perkins 1906 G24, GM79
    |--Plagiomerus Crawford 1910 G32a, GM79
    |    `--P. diaspidis MH11
    |--Austromira Girault 1924 G24
    |    `--*A. muironi Girault 1924 G24
    |--Beethovena Girault 1932 G32a
    |    `--*B. longifasciata Girault 1932 G32a
    `--Nassauia Girault 1932 G32a
         |--*N. atoma Girault 1932 G32a
         `--N. secunda Girault 1932 G32b

*Type species of generic name indicated

REFERENCES

Beardsley, J. W., Jr. 1976. A synopsis of the Encyrtidae of the Hawaiian Islands with keys to general and species (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidae). Proceedings, Hawaiian Entomological Society 22 (2): 181-195.

[G24] Girault, A. A. 1924. Homo perniciosus and new Hymenoptera. Privately published (reprinted Gordh, G., A. S. Menke, E. C. Dahms & J. C. Hall. 1979. The privately printed papers of A. A. Girault. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 28: 178-181).

[G32a] Girault, A. A. 1932a. New pests from Australia, X. Privately published (reprinted Gordh, G., A. S. Menke, E. C. Dahms & J. C. Hall. 1979. The privately printed papers of A. A. Girault. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 28: 286-291).

[G32b] Girault, A. A. 1932b. New lower Hymenoptera from Australia and India. Privately published (reprinted Gordh, G., A. S. Menke, E. C. Dahms & J. C. Hall. 1979. The privately printed papers of A. A. Girault. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 28: 293-298).

[GM79] Gordh, G., A. S. Menke, E. C. Dahms & J. C. Hall. 1979. The privately printed papers of A. A. Girault. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 28: 1-400.

[MH11] Munro, J. B., J. M. Heraty, R. A. Burks, D. Hawks, J. Mottern, A. Cruaud, J.-Y. Rasplus & P. Jansta. 2011. A molecular phylogeny of the Chalcidoidea (Hymenoptera). PLoS One 6 (11): e27023.