Sclerodermus, Latreille, Latreille. The, 1809

Azevedo, Celso O. & Colombo, Wesley D., 2022, Synopsis of the Neotropical Sclerodermus Latreille (Hymenoptera, Bethylidae) with description of a new species attacking human beings, Zootaxa 5124 (5), pp. 501-519 : 514

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5124.5.1

publication LSID

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6419256

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03F94209-FFC4-F134-4298-6DF3FA6AFCB7

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scientific name

Sclerodermus
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Key to Neotropical species

1. Macropterous forms, usually males ( Fig. 4A View FIGURE 4 )............................................................... 2

- Apterous or micropterous forms, usually females ( Fig. 1 View FIGURE 1 )...................................................... 4

2. Forewing with Cu vein mostly tubular ( Fig. 2B View FIGURE 2 )............................................ S. domesticus Latreille

- Forewing with Cu vein fully weakly spectral ( Fig. 4E View FIGURE 4 )........................................................ 3

3. Forewing with basal half of A vein tubular (as much as Fig. 118, Evans 1964, pg. 175)........... S. macrogaster Ashmead

- Forewing with A vein wholly spectral ( Fig. 4E View FIGURE 4 )............................................ S. chicomendesi n. sp.

4. Apterous ( Fig. 1E View FIGURE 1 )..................................................................... S. soror Westwood

- Micropterous ( Fig. 1F View FIGURE 1 )................................................................................ 5

5. Latero-posterior corner of metapectal-propodeal disc angled ( Fig. 1A View FIGURE 1 ).......................... S. domesticus Latreille

- Latero-posterior corner of metapectal-propodeal disc rounded ( Fig. 1D View FIGURE 1 ).......................................... 6

6. Lateral board of metapectal-propodeal disc straight ( Fig. 1C View FIGURE 1 )................................................... 7

- Lateral board of metapectal-propodeal disc constricted anteriorly ( Fig. 1D View FIGURE 1 )....................................... 8

7. Side of head wholly outcurved, metapectal-propodeal disc about evenly wide ( Fig. 1B View FIGURE 1 )............. S. galapagensis Brues

- Side of head straight anteriorly, metapectal-propodeal disc progressively wider posteriorly ( Fig. 1C View FIGURE 1 ).................................................................................................. S. iridomyrmicicola Bruch

8. Side of head wholly straight and parallel ( Fig. 1G View FIGURE 1 ).............................................. S. wilsoni Evans

- Side of head wholly outcurved ( Fig. 1D View FIGURE 1 ).................................................................. 9

9. Head about as wide as long ( Fig. 1D View FIGURE 1 ).................................................. S. macrogaster Ashmead

- Head longer than wide ( Fig. 1F View FIGURE 1 )......................................................................... 10

10. Mandible tridentate; median clypeal lobe trapezoidal ( Figs 4C View FIGURE 4 )............................... S. chicomendesi n. sp.

- Mandible bidentate; median clypeal lobe subangulate ( Fig. 1F View FIGURE 1 )................................. S. spilonotum Evans

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Bethylidae

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