Glodianus, Cameron, 1902

Kasparyan, Dmitry R. & Khalaim, Andrey I., 2024, Two new species of Glodianus Cameron and Hylophasma Townes (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Cryptinae) from Mexico, Zootaxa 5437 (4), pp. 571-581 : 576

Key to world species of Glodianus

1. Mesoscutum black. Hind femur red. Mexico............................................................... 2

- Mesosoma completely red. Hind femur black............................................................... 3

2. Tergite 2 with preapical white transverse band and hind margin darkened. Mesoscutum with a pair of large yellow spots laterally........................................................... 2. G. graciliventris (Cameron) , sp. resurr.

- Tergite 2 with hind margin white. Mesoscutum entirely black............................... 1. G. delectus (Cresson)

3. Metasomal tergites without white markings apically......................................................... 4

- Metasomal tergites with hind margins white................................................................ 5

4. Hind tarsus black, ♂........ G. dimidiatus ( Brullé, 1846) [South America], or G. xanthostomus Cameron, 1911 [ Guyana]

- Hind tarsus black but with white band on tarsomeres 2–4. [Metasomal tergites with hind margins pale reddish brown. Lateral lobes of mesoscutum partly strongly transversely striated. Propodeum with apophyses broad, moderately projected. Wings strongly iridescent. Ovipositor almost 0.8× as long as body.] Peru.................... G. bombycivorus Cameron, 1902

5. Metasomal tergites with postmedian whitish yellow mark on each tergite (mark lanceolate of tergite 2 and widened medially of following tergites). [Ovipositor slightly longer than half length of metasoma.] South America................................................................................................... G. peruvianus Szépligeti, 1916

- Metasomal tergites without postmedian white marks......................................................... 6

6. Ovipositor slightly longer than body. [Hind coxa and trochanter posteriorly red, hind trochantellus, femur and tibia black.] Guyana...................................................................... G. pallidiceps Cameron, 1911

- Ovipositor shorter than body............................................................................ 7

7. Ovipositor longer than metasoma. South America.................................... G. longicauda ( Brullé, 1846)

- Ovipositor about 0.4× as long as metasoma................................................................ 8

8. Hind leg with basitarsus black in basal 0.7 and white in apical 0.3 ( Fig. 11 ). Fore wing with areolet receiving vein 2m-cu at anteior 0.45 ( Fig. 11 ). Venezuela............................................... G. areolatus ( Taschenberg, 1876)

- Hind legs with basitarsus black in basal 0.2–0.3 and white in apical 0.7–0.8 ( Fig. 8 ). Fore wing with areolet receiving vein 2m-cu at posterior 0.35 ( Fig. 5 ). Mexico................................................... 3. G. rufithorax sp. nov.

Figures

FIGURE 11. Glodianus areolatus, ♀, holotype: habitus, lateral.

FIGURES 6–10. Glodianus rufithorax sp. nov., ♀, holotype: 6—posterior part of mesosoma and base of metasoma, lateral; 7—propodeum and first tergite, dorsal; 8—apex of metasoma with ovipositor, lateral; 9—apex of ovipositor, lateral; 10—apex of ovipositor, dorsal.

FIGURES 1–5. Glodianus rufithorax sp. nov., ♀, holotype: 1—habitus, lateral; 2—head and mesoscutum, dorsal; 3—head, antero-lateral; 4—head and mesosoma, lateral; 5—fore wing.