Erythropompilus Shimizu & Pitts, 2021

Wu, Haiying, Li, Qiang & Ma, Li, 2023, The spider wasp genus Erythropompilus Shimizu & Pitts, 2021 (Hymenoptera Pompilidae) in China, with description of two new species and an updated key to world species, Zootaxa 5244 (2), pp. 160-172 : 161-162

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5244.2.4
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7656172
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scientific name	Erythropompilus Shimizu & Pitts, 2021
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Key to the world species of the genus Erythropompilus Shimizu & Pitts, 2021

Female

1 Frons, in profile, strongly convex ( Fig. 2C View FIGURE 2 ); in dorsal view, gena slightly thickened ( Fig. 2B View FIGURE 2 ); clypeus narrower than LID ( Fig. 2D View FIGURE 2 ); OOD larger than 0.85 × POD........................................................................ 2

- Frons, in profile, gently convex; in dorsal view, gena thin; clypeus as broad as LID; OOD shorter than 0.75 × POD........ 3

2 Mesosoma mostly orange-red ( Fig. 2A View FIGURE 2 ); vertex, in frontal view, distinctly convex ( Fig. 2D View FIGURE 2 ); lateral margin of pronotal dorsum, in dorsal view, slightly narrowing anteriorly ( Fig. 2E View FIGURE 2 )......................... E. macroplacoideus Wu & Ma , sp. nov.

- Mesosoma entirely black; vertex, in frontal view, almost transversely straight ( Fig. 3A View FIGURE 3 in Shimizu et al. 2021); lateral margin of pronotal dorsum, in dorsal view, not narrowing anteriorly........................... E. taiwanensis Pitts & Shimizu

3 Gena, in dorsal view, very thin, abruptly receding posteriorly; lateral margin of pronotal dorsum, in dorsal view, slightly narrowing anteriorly ( Fig. 1 B View FIGURE 1 in Shimizu et al. 2021)............................... E. malaysiensis Pitts & Shimizu

- Gena, in dorsal view, not very thin, roundly receding posteriorly; lateral margin of pronotal dorsum, in dorsal view, concave and scarcely narrowing anteriorly ( Fig. 5B View FIGURE 5 )........................................ E. thailandensis Pitts & Shimizu

Male

1 Clypeus less than LID ( Fig. 3D View FIGURE 3 ); mid and hind femora without small spines set in pits apicodorsally; OOD larger than 0.85 × POD............................................................................................... 2

- Clypeus as broad as LID ( Fig. 1D View FIGURE 1 ); mid and hind femora with small spines set in pits apicodorsally; OOD shorter than 0.8 × POD............................................................................................... 3

2 Placoids small, shorter than 1/2 of each flagellomere; mesosoma dark rufous; SGP triangular; aedeagus not extending beyond apex of parapenial lobe, and apical margin slightly emarginated medially................. E. taiwanensis Pitts & Shimizu

- Placoids large, longer than 3/4 of each flagellomere ( Fig. 3H View FIGURE 3 ); mesosoma partly orange-red ( Fig. 3A View FIGURE 3 ); SGP arrowhead-shaped ( Fig. 3K View FIGURE 3 ); aedeagus extending beyond apex of parapenial lobe, and apical margin strongly concave medially ( Fig. 4E View FIGURE 4 ).......................................................................... E. macroplacoideus Wu & Ma , sp. nov.

3 Frons, in profile, spherically convex ( Fig. 1C View FIGURE 1 ); side of S4 and S5, each with tuft of dense and erect black bristles ( Fig. 1J View FIGURE 1 ); SGP broad, almost parallel-sided, and with rounded apex, slightly thickened basal medially ( Fig. 1K View FIGURE 1 ); S6 with slightly arcuate emargination posteriorly ( Fig. 1I View FIGURE 1 )............................................ E. venterisetalis Wu & Ma , sp. nov.

- Frons, in profile, gently convex; side of S4 and S5 without tuft of dense and erect black bristles; SGP not parallel-sided, if parallel-sided, it narrow and long; S6 with inverted-V-shaped emargination posteriorly.............................. 4

4 Mesosoma mostly orange-red; placiods large, much longer than 1/2 of each flagellomere; SGP long, parallel-sided for most part....................................................................... E. thailandensis Pitts & Shimizu

- Mesosoma usually dark rufous; placiods small, shorter than 1/2 of each flagellomere; SGP arrowhead-shaped....................................................................................... E. malaysiensis Pitts & Shimizu