Belongs within: Eulophinae.
Platyplectrus is a genus of wasps developing as solitary or gregarious ectoparasites of caterpillars (Bouček 1988).
Characters (from Bouček 1988): Scutellum with sublateral grooves; propodeum with large undivided submedian areas, single median carina behind basal cup; hind tibia with two distinct spurs, the outer shorter than the inner; first tergite of normal size.
<==Platyplectrus Ferrière 1941 [incl. Autoplectrus Gadd 1945, Trichoplectrus Erdös 1951]B88 |--*P. natadaeB88 |--P. aereiceps (Girault 1915) [=Euplectromorpha aereiceps]B88 |--P. aligheri (Girault 1923) [=Euplectromorpha aligheri]B88 |--P. cadaverosus (Girault 1928) [=Euplectromorpha cadaverosa]B88 |--P. magniventris (Girault 1915)B88 (see below for synonymy) |--P. nigrifemur (Girault 1913) [=Euplectrus nigrifemur, Euplectromorpha nigrifemur]B88 |--P. rugulosus (Girault 1928) [=Euplectromorpha rugulosa]B88 |--P. salomonis (Ferrière 1941) [=Euplectromorpha salomonis]B88 |--‘Euplectromorpha (*Trichoplectrus)’ szepligetiiB88 |--‘*Autoplectrus’ taprobanesB88 |--P. variegatus (Girault 1915) [=Euplectromorpha variegata]B88 `--P. variicolor (Dodd 1917) [=Euplectromorpha variicolor]B88
Platyplectrus magniventris (Girault 1915)B88 [=Euplectromorpha magniventrisB88, E. margiventris (l. c.)G33; incl. E. magniventris chinderaensis Girault 1915B88]
*Type species of generic name indicated
References
[B88] Bouček, Z. 1988. Australasian Chalcidoidea (Hymenoptera): A biosystematic revision of genera of fourteen families, with a reclassification of species. CAB International: Wallingford (UK).
[G33] Girault, A. A. 1933. Some beauties inhabitant not of commercial boudoirs but of Nature’s bosom, notably new insects. 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: 299–303).