Original description

Hansson, C. 2011. Dentalion (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae: Entedoninae) a new genus from tropical America with eleven new species. Zootaxa, 2811:16-18.

Synonyms

None.

Diagnosis

Frons with an interscrobal procession; frontal suture reaches eyes in level with a distance of 1.5X diameter of one ocellus in front of anterior ocellus; propodeum with median carina, plicae and costulae, propodeal callus with six setae; forewing costal cell ventrally with a sparse row of setae in apical ½; petiole as long as wide.

Distribution

Costa Rica.

Biology

Unknown.

Depository of primary type

Holotype female in the Natural History Museum (BMNH), London, United Kingdom.

Dentalion pnigaliae Hansson, head frontal female.	Dentalion pnigaliae Hansson, head frontal female (from ZooTaxa no. 2811:1-21).	Dentalion pnigaliae Hansson, vertex female (from ZooTaxa no. 2811:1-21).	Dentalion pnigaliae Hansson, antenna lateral female (from ZooTaxa no. 2811:1-21).
Dentalion pnigaliae Hansson, mesosoma dorsal female.	Dentalion pnigaliae Hansson, mesosoma dorsal female (from ZooTaxa no. 2811:1-21).	Dentalion pnigaliae Hansson, propodeum dorsal female (from ZooTaxa no. 2811:1-21).