1 Fore wing with areolet closed, triangular and strongly petiolate
(A); body orange and dark brown, wings dark brown (B); tropical
Africa ...
Megarhyssa babaulti Seyrig, 1937
- Fore wing with areolet open (a); body and wings colorations
variable but usually wings hyaline and body yellow interspersed with
black markings (b) ...
Epirhyssa ... 2
2(1) Face smooth to sparsely punctate (A-B), without transverse
rugosities ...3
- Face transversely rugulose punctate or transversely striate (a-b)
...5
3(2) Wings hyaline, fore wing slightly infuscate apically (A);
Madagascar ...
Epirhyssa migratoria Seyrig, 1932
- Wings with dark patterns, yellowish to black (a, b); tropical
Africa ... 4
4(3) Wings blackish with subapical lighter patch (A); epicnemial
carina reaching level of mesopleural pit (B) ...
Epirhyssa
villemantae Rousse & van Noort, 2014
- Wings yellowish with apex blackish and an additional subapical
transverse blackish band on fore wing (a); epicnemial carina very
short, hardly extending onto mesopleuron (b) ...
Epirhyssa
maynei Benoit, 1952
5(3) Metasoma with large apico-lateral yellow spots on tergites 1–5
(A); clypeus without median subapical tubercle (B); body and
ovipositor large to very large (B > 25mm; OT > 6) ...Epirhyssa
overlaeti Seyrig, 1937
- Metasoma usually uniformly colored (a); clypeus with a distinct
subapical tubercle (b); body and ovipositor smaller (B < 25mm; OT <
6) ... 6
6(2) Anterior sclerotized part of sternite 1 with a pair of
submedian tubercles, tubercles also present on sternites 2–4 (A);
general coloration dark testaceous to black interspersed with pale
yellow (B) ...
Epirhyssa brianfisheri Rousse & van Noort,
2014
- Sternite 1 without a pair of submedian tubercles, tubercles
present on sternites 2–4 only (a); general coloration pale to
striking yellow with isolated black markings (b) ... 7
7(6) Apex of subtegular ridge concave, laterally flanged (A) ... 8
- Apex of subtegular ridge convex, without lateral flange (a) ... 9
8(7) Clypeus punctate (A); tergite 1 of female slender, more than
1.4x longer than apically wide (B) ...
Epirhyssa gavinbroadi Rousse & van Noort, 2014
- Clypeus almost smooth, hardly sculptured (a); tergite 1 of female
stout, less than 1.4x longer than wide (b) ...
Epirhyssa
uelensis Benoit, 1951
9(7) Tergite 2 densely punctate over its entire surface (A); general
coloration pale yellow (B); Southern Africa ...
Epirhyssa
shaka Rousse & van Noort, 2014
- Tergite 2 smooth to superficially punctate laterally (a); general
coloration bright yellow (b); tropical Africa ... 10
10(9) Fore wing with 2m–cu basal to rs–m (A); mesosternum black (B)
...
Epirhyssa leroyi Benoit, 1951
- Fore wing with 2m–cu apical to rs–m (a); mesosternum yellow (b)
... 11
11(10) Clypeus shallowly longitudinally strigose (A); frons with two
medial carinae converging in front of median ocellus (B); tergite 1
of female stout, less than 1.4x longer than apically wide (C) ...
Epirhyssa tombeaodiba Rousse & van Noort, 2014
-Clypeus smooth (a); frons with two submedian carinae, diverging on
upper frons toward lateral ocelli (b); tergite 1 of female slender,
more than 1.4x longer than apically wide (c) ...
Epirhyssa
ghesquierei Benoit, 1951
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