Atopopompilus, Arnold, 1937

Yang, Tingmei, Li, Qiang & Ma, Li, 2023, Review of Atopopompilus (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae) from China, with description of one new species and an updated key to the world species, Zoologia (e 23029) 40, pp. 1-10 : 2

Key to the world species of Atopopompilus

Female

1. Propodeum with well-developed lateral tubercles; head black, except for mouthparts, most of pronotum, occasionally mesonotum and scutellum orange-brown to dark red-brown. Madagascar...................................... .............................................. A. nefas (Dalla Torre, 1897)

1’. Propodeum without well-developed lateral tubercles ( Fig. 2H ); if head and thorax red-brown, then antennae also red-brown......................................................... 2

2. Propodeum between dorsal and posterior surfaces with one gentle declivity, rounded in profile. Tanzania, Uganda, Zaire........................... A. nasutus ( Haupt, 1929)

2’. Propodeum between dorsal and posterior surfaces with one distinct declivity, moderately or abruptly sloping in profile ............................................................ 3

3. Wings pale reddish brown; prothorax red-brown or yellow-brown. Algoa Bay, Cameroun, Kenya, Malawi, Natal, Nigeria, Rhodesia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania........................ A. jacens (Bingham, 1912)

3’. Wings fuscous; prothorax black ( Fig. 2J, K, E )............. 4

4. Head short, broad, face flat ( Fig. 2B )............................ 5

4’ Head less short, face more convex................................ 6

5. MID <0.5 X TFD; OOD: OCD = 4.5: 5.5; spiracular tubercles fairly marked; China (Taiwan) ........................... ........................... A. daedalus taiwanianus Tsuneki, 1989

5’. MID about 0.5 X TFD ( Fig. 2B ); OOD: OCD = 9: 6 ( Fig. 2C ); spiracule without tubercles ( Fig. 2H ). Burma, China (Beijing, Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan), India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Nepal, Philippine, Vietnam... ............................ A. daedalus daedalus ( Bingham, 1896)

6. Unicolor black or black with very dark brown appendages, often with a little red-brown on antennae ventrally; inner orbits converging strongly above, converging or sub-parallel below ....................................... 7

6’. Black with antennae orange, sometimes darker basally, face almost reddish brown; inner orbits converging above, less strongly so below. Angola, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, Zaire.. ............................. A. kilimandjaroensis (Cameron, 1910)

7. A4 at least 4 X as long as thick; thorax stout, legs and antennae short, thick. Angola, Cameroun, Dahomey, Gabon, Ghana, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Togo, Uganda...................... A. carinatus (Radoszkowski, 1881)

7’. A4 not more than 3 X as long as greatest width; thorax stouter, legs and antennae shorter, thicker. Ethiopian, Uganda, Zaire........................... A. crassicornis Day, 1974

Figures

Figure 2.Atopopompilus daedalus daedalus (Bingham, 1896), female: (A) female habitus, lateral view; (B) head, frontal view; (C) head, dorsal view; (D) head and mesosoma, lateral view; (E) pronotum, dorsal view; (F) hind tibia-tarsus, dorsal view; (G) flagellum, lateral view; (H) postnotum, metapostnotum, and propodeum, dorsal view; (I) metasoma, lateral view; (J) fore wing; (K) hind wing. Scale bars = 1 mm.