Malayepipona, Giordani Soika, 1993
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5060.3.4 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5636501 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03F187C9-FFB7-FF84-FF56-6B6861EEFDB3 |
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Plazi |
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Malayepipona |
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Key to species of genus Malayepipona View in CoL View at ENA (modified from the key of Nguyen 2020)
1. S2 strongly convex in basal half................................................... M. assamensis Giordani Soika View in CoL
- S2 nearly flat or slightly convex at base, then slightly and gradually convex toward apical margin..................... 2
2. T2 without apical lamella............................................................................... 3
- T2 with apical lamella................................................................................. 7
3. Upper part of propodeum usually with a pair of relatively blunt teeth just behind metanotum ( Figs. 48 View FIGURES 40–50 , 71).............. 4
- Upper part of propodeum normal, without a pair of teeth just behind metanotum................................... 5
4. Wings dark brown, strongly infuscate, making apical dark spot of forewing marginal cell inconspicous ( Fig. 68 View FIGURES 68–76 ); female clypeus with separated spots ( Fig. 69 View FIGURES 68–76 ); area between cephalic foveae on vertex punctate ( Fig. 70 View FIGURES 68–76 ).............................................................................................. M. clypeata Nguyen & Carpenter, 2012
- Wings brown, slightly infuscate, apical dark spot of forewing marginal cell conspicuous ( Figs 40–41 View FIGURES 40–50 ); female clypeus wholly ferruginous and male clypeus yellow ( Figs 42–43 View FIGURES 40–50 ); area between cephalic foveae on female vertex smooth, shiny................................................................................ M. nigricans Bai, Chen & Li , sp. nov.
5. Area surrounding foveae distinctly depressed, smooth and shiny, making foveae obvious ( Fig. 3 View FIGURES 1–9 ); head and mesosoma largely brown mixed with ferruginous and yellow ( Fig. 1 View FIGURES 1–9 )............................... M. brunnea Bai, Chen & Li , sp. nov.
- Area surrounding foveae not depressed, smooth and shiny, making foveae inconspicuous (fig. 9 in Nguyen, 2020)); head and mesosoma obviously different from above................................................................. 6
6. Punctures on head and mesosoma smaller and weaker, interspaces between punctures not carinate; pronotal carina not produced at humeral angle, round; metasomal terga shiny, T 1 in dorsal view less than 1.5 times as wide as long, T2 with weaker sparser punctures.................................................................. M. pagdeni Giordani Soika, 1993 View in CoL
- Punctures on head and mesosoma large and coarse, interspaces between punctures reticulate; pronotal carina strongly produced at humeral angle; metasomal terga dull, T 1 in dorsal view more than twice as wide as long, T2 with strong dense punctures.................................................................................. M. fincta Nguyen, 2020
7. S2 nearly flat at base, then slightly convex to apical margin ( Fig. 39 View FIGURES 32–39 )............................................ 8
- S2 concave or slightly convex at base, then slightly convex to apical margin....................................... 9
8. Clypeus sparsely punctate ( Fig. 33 View FIGURES 32–39 ); T2 with short apical lamella, T3 without apical lamella ( Fig. 38 View FIGURES 32–39 ).......................................................................................... M. maculosa Bai, Chen & Li , sp. nov.
- Clypeus densely punctate and coarser ( Fig. 2 View FIGURES 1–9 in Nguyen & Carpenter 2013); T2 with longer apical lamella, T3 with short apical lamella ( Fig. 5 View FIGURES 1–9 in Nguyen & Carpenter 2013)...................................... M. malickyi ( Gusenleitner, 2010)
9. T2 with short apical lamella, T3–T5 without apical lamella................................................... 10
- T2 with longer apical lamella, T3 with short apical lamella................................................... 13
10. Female head with long dense setae ( Fig. 5 View FIGURES 1–9 in Gusenleitner 2012)......................... M. visenda Gusenleitner, 2012
- Female head with shorter setae ( Figs 61–62 View FIGURES 60–67 , 12–15 View FIGURES 10–21 , 33–34)................................................... 11
11. Wings dark brown, strongly infuscate ( Figs 10–11 View FIGURES 10–21 ); T2 with inconspicuous apical lamella, just visible in lateral view ( Fig. 19 View FIGURES 10–21 )................................................................... M. flaviclypeata Bai, Chen & Li , sp. nov.
- Wings brown, not infuscate ( Figs 22–23 View FIGURES 22–31 , 51 View FIGURES 51–59 , 60 View FIGURES 60–67 ); T2 with obvious apical lamella ( Figs. 30 View FIGURES 22–31 , 58 View FIGURES 51–59 , 66 View FIGURES 60–67 )................... 12
12. Clypeus densely coarsely punctate; apical tooth of mandible pointed (fig. 1 in Nguyen 2020); pronotal carina strongly produced at humeral angle; female head and mesosoma wholly black ( Figs 1–4 View FIGURES 1–9 in Nguyen 2020); forewing with dark spot at apex of marginal cell...................................................................... M. bidoup Nguyen, 2020
- Clypeus sparsely punctate; apical tooth of mandible rounded ( Fig. 61 View FIGURES 60–67 ); pronotal carina not produced at humeral angle, round ( Fig. 64 View FIGURES 60–67 ); female head and mesosoma with yellow marks (Figs, 60–61, 64); forewing without dark spot at apex of marginal cell................................................................... M. triangula Bai, Chen & Li , sp. nov.
13. Border between anterior and dorsal surfaces of T1 slightly raised, with faint edge ( Fig. 30 View FIGURES 22–31 ).......................... 14
- Border between anterior and dorsal surfaces of T1 bluntly angulate, with obvious edge ( Fig. 58 View FIGURES 51–59 )...................... 15
14. Female clypeus black, laterally with two thick longitudinal yellow strips, T4 without apical lamella.......................................................................................... M. seomyty Nguyen & Carpenter, 2013
- Female clypeus entirely brownish yellow or with one basal transverse yellow band and two connected yellow spots at apex ( Figs 24–25 View FIGURES 22–31 ), T4 with short apical lamella..................................... M. lamellata Bai, Chen & Li , sp. nov.
15. Clypeus densely coarsely punctate; posterior surface of propodeum with scattered shallow punctures; female clypeus entirely black; T1–T2 with apical yellow bands, T3–T5 without bands...................... M. furva Nguyen & Carpenter, 2013
- Clypeus with sparser punctures medially; posterior surface of propodeum with dense thin striae, mixed with minute punctures ( Fig. 54 View FIGURES 51–59 ); female clypeus black with two yellow lateral spots at base ( Fig. 52 View FIGURES 51–59 ); T1–T5 with apical yellow bands (widest on T2 and narrowest on T5) ( Fig. 58 View FIGURES 51–59 )........................................... M. sparsipuncta Bai, Chen & Li , sp. nov.
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