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Key to genera of Afrotropical Phaeogenini (Ichneumoninae) 2023

(Life: Kingdom: Metazoa (animals); Phylum: Arthropoda; Class: Hexapoda; Order: Hymenoptera;  Superfamily: Ichneumonoidea; Family: Ichneumonidae; Subfamily: Ichneumoninae)

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The key published in 2013 (Rousse et al. 2013) has been updated here (Dal Pos et al. 2023) to include Aethecerus and Centeterichneumon, not considered in the previous key by Rousse et al. (2013). Even though Nesostenodontus belongs in the tribe Ichneumonini, the genus is also included here to facilitate the identification of the only species occurring in the Afrotropical region, N. mkomazi (Rousse & van Noort, 2013).


 

1. Clypeus irregularly emarginate, with a median notch (A); mandibles unidentate (B); genae strongly swollen (A, B, C); gastrocoeli obsolete (C); propodeum lacking distinct carinae (C) ...Nesostenodontus Cushman, 1922 (Ichneumonini)


– Clypeus either lenticular (e.g., Figs. 4B, 21B, 23B) or squared (a), never irregularly emarginated or with a median notch; mandibles either bidentate (b) or unidentate (Figs. 11C, 14B); genae various, usually not as strongly inflated (e.g., Figs. 6C, 19A, 25A); gastrocoeli and thyridia various, from obsolete (Fig. 14C) to distinctly present (c, Fig. 26B); propodeum with either distinct (c, Fig. 23C), partial (Fig. 6B) or indistinct carinae (Fig. 19B) ...2 (Phaeogenini)


2(1) Mandibles unidentate, falcate (A, B) ...3

– Mandibles bidentate, shape various (a, b) ...4

3(2) Areolet open, 3rs–m absent (A); hind wing with distal abscissa of CU absent (B) ...Lusius Tosquinet, 1903


– Areolet closed, 3rs–m present (a), sometimes non–tubular (b); hind wing with distal abscissa of CU present (a), sometimes very faint (b) ...Heterischnus Wesmael, 1859


4(1) Metasomal tergite 2 with gastrocoeli and thyridia totally absent (A, B) ...5


– Metasomal tergite 2 with gastrocoeli (G) present, faint to deep, and thyridia (T) differentiated (a, b) 8


5(4) Propodeal apophyses strong, spine–like, at least as long as basally wide (A, B) ...Hoplophaeogenes Heinrich, 1938

 


– Propodeum without spine–like apophyses, or apophyses hardly distinct (a, b) ...6

 


6(5) Sternaulus deep and long, reaching beyond mid–length of mesopleuron (A); areolet open, 3rs–m absent (B); hind wing with distal abscissa of CU absent (B) ...Arearia Seyrig, 1952

 


– Sternaulus absent or at least much weaker and shorter (a); areolet closed, 3rs–m present (b); hind wing with distal abscissa of CU present (b), sometimes non pigmented ...7

 


7(6) Propodeum smooth, unsculptured (at least anteriorly) with median areas fused into one single mid–longitudinal area (A, B) ...Chauvinia Heinrich, 1938

 


– Propodeum punctate, or coarsely sculptured with area superomedia delimited (a, b) ...Dicaelotus Wesmael, 1845

 


8(4) Hypostomal carina in female elevated into a flange and strongly curved or bent at its apex to join the ventral base of the mandible (A, B); in males, the ventral part of the genae strongly excavate ...Aethecerus Wesmael, 1845
(single species in the Afrotropical region: A. foveolatus Gregor, 1940)

 


– Hypostomal carina in female normal, not elevated into a flange nor strongly curved or bent (a, b); in males, the ventral part of genae not strongly excavate ...9

 


9(8) Hypostomal and occipital carinae joining distinctly above mandibular base (A); posterior transverse carina ventrally widely interrupted in front of mid coxae (B); face short and transverse with a strong mid–longitudinal bulge, laterally limited by grooves (C) ...Tycherus Förster, 1869


– Hypostomal and occipital carinae joining at mandibular base (a); posterior transverse carina complete (b); face quadrate without distinct mid–longitudinal bulge (c) ...10

 


10(9) Metasomal tergite 2 elongate, more than 2× longer than apically wide (A); gastrocoeli very shallow (A), thyridia shallow and lighter than remainder of tergite (A); flagellum slender, longer than fore wing (B) ...Kibalus Rousse, van Noort & Diller, 2013

 


– Metasomal tergite 2 stout, less than 1.5× longer than apically wide (a); gastrocoeli either strongly marked or shallow (a), thyridia strongly marked and concolorous with remainder of tergite (a); flagellum shorter or as long as fore wing (b) ...11

 


11(10) Clypeus not distinctly separated from face (epistomal sulcus obsolete) (A); median field of face indistinct (A); malar space long, >0.5× the base of mandible (A); gastrocoeli thyridia deep strongly marked (B); hind coxa of female without a longitudinal carina/tooth on the ventral side (C) ...Diadromus Wesmael, 1845

(single species in the Afrotropical region: D. collaris (Gravenhorst, 1829)

 


– Clypeus well separated from face (epistomal sulcus distinct) a); median field of face distinct and protruding, delimited by carinae (a); malar space short, <0.5× the base of mandible (a); gastrocoeli thyridia shallow (b); hind coxa of female with a longitudinal carina/tooth on the ventral side (c) ...Centeterichneumon Heinrich, 1938


References

Dal Pos D., Claridge B., Diller E., Van Noort S. & Di Giovanni F. 2023. Still counting: new records, nomenclatural notes, and three new species of Phaeogenini (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Ichneumoninae) from the Afrotropical region. European Journal of Taxonomy 868: 1-71. https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2023.868.2105

Rousse P, van Noort S & Diller E. 2013. Revision of the Afrotropical Phaeogenini (Ichneumonidae, Ichneumoninae), with description of a new genus and twelve new species. Zookeys 354: 1-85. http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.354.5968.

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Photographs © Pascal Rousse (Iziko South African Museum)


Web author Simon van Noort (Iziko South African Museum)

 

Citation: van Noort, S. 2024. WaspWeb: Hymenoptera of the World. URL: www.waspweb.org (accessed on <day/month/year>).

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