Taphaeus Wesmael, 1835

Yan, Cheng-Jin, Achterberg, Van & Chen, Xue-Xin, 2012, The genus Taphaeus Wesmael, 1835 (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Helconinae) from China with description of a new species, Zootaxa 3519, pp. 85-88 : 88

Key to the Palaearctic species of the genus Taphaeus Wesmael, 1835

1. In dorsal view length of eye almost equal to length of temple or a little longer of it; face at least in the middle with clearly transverse aciculation.................................................................................. 2

- In dorsal view length of eye 0.8–0.9 times temple; face without transverse aciculation; body length 3.2–4.0 mm. Palaearctic Region......................................................................... T. rufocephalus (Telenga)

2. Apical margin of clypeus truncate; length of malar space 0.7–0.8 times basal width of mandible, 0.3 times maximum width of eye; length of ovipositor sheath 0.7 times body length. Female. 2.5–4.0 mm. Male. 3.2–3.5 mm. Palaearctic and Nearctic region.............................................................................. T. hiator (Thunberg)

- Apical margin of clypeus round ( Fig. 2 ); length of malar space 0.6 times basal width of mandible, 0.2 times maximum width of eye; length of ovipositor sheath 0.8 times body length. Female. 3.7–4.5 mm. Male. 3.5–4.7 mm. Palaearctic part of China (Ningxia, Hebei)..................................................................... T. pseudohiator sp. n.

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 9. Taphaeus pseudohiator, sp. n. 1. habitus, lateral aspect; 2. head, frontal aspect; 3. head, dorsal aspect; 4. hind wing; 5. fore wing; 6. propodeum, dorsal aspect; 7. mesosoma, lateral aspect; 8. mesonotum, dorsal aspect; 9. first and basal second abdominal tergites, dorsal aspect. Scale bar: 5 mm.