Author, year, journal with original description
Hansson, C. 2011, ZooTaxa, 2811:1-21
Type species
Dentalion pinguicornis Hansson (holotype female in the Natural History Museum, London)
Synonym names
None
Diagnosis
Frontal suture V-shaped in a narrow angle (usually 35-60°), and reaching eyes high up on frons; antennal scrobes wide and indistinctly delimited; lateral panels of metanotum divided into two about equal-sized parts by a longitudinal carina ; hind femur with a tooth medioventrally; postmarginal vein always longer than stigmal vein, 1.3–3.0X as long as stigmal vein.
Number of species
Eleven
Distribution
Neotropical region: Brazil, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Trinidad & Tobago
Biology
Unknown
Literature
Hansson, C. 2011. Dentalion (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae: Entedoninae) a new genus from tropical America with eleven new species. ZooTaxa, 2811:1-21